[BiturboS4] Do S4s have EDRs?

[adam.schwartz at rcn.com]

Yea - And some proof of this comes in the form of a short
story: A guy who had an S4 and had his
car serviced at the same Dealer as I go to blew his engine.
His car had a ton of Mods. He was
under warranty, but they wouldn't help him, as the ECU
recorded several things at the time of the
failure. Including his speed. He was apparently going faster
than the factory set electronic governor,
so they determined he was abusing his car and gave no
assistance in fixing it. Too bad for him.
Turned out he was on a track when he did it...


-Adam

---- Original message ----
>Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2003 09:44:23 -0400
>From: "John Koenig" <johnkoenig at greennet.net>
>Subject: RE: [BiturboS4] Do S4s have EDRs?
>To: "BiturboS4" <biturbos4 at audifans.com>
>
>Sounds right, and the same applies to virtually any
parameter that is
>electronically controlled or monitored (e.g. throttle
position, RPM, speed,
>etc.).  All of these are stored to some degree or another,
not only as DTCs
>("fault codes") or configuration data.  I'm not the one who
can tell you
>whether this stuff could be used to reveal information about
an accident,
>but the various control modules store all kinds of data that
is accessible
>to someone who knows how to get to it.
>--John
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: James M. De Arras <jmd at westlab.com>
>Subject: [SPAM?] RE: [BiturboS4] Do S4s have EDRs?
>
>
>> Not as a separate device, that information is stored in
the air bag ECU
>> on crash.  Not erasable, the airbag ECU must be replaced
after a crash.
>> But it is possible to read the crash data, so effectively
the answer to
>> your question is "Yes".
>>
>> Jim
>
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