Clarification on "INSP"

[Stephen Kormilo]

At 09:28 PM 14/10/00 -0400, you wrote:
>From: KAMMLER1 at aol.com
>Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2000 15:49:35 EDT
>Subject: Clarification on "INSP"
>To: quattro at audifans.com
>
>Dear Sirs,
>
>Judging by the replies I received to my first letter regarding disabling the
>"INSP" message in the odometer slot of my '98 A4 1.8T............. it would
>seem that there is alot of inner hostility in many of you toward your local
>Audi dealers!! :)
>
>To clarify....... my dealer has done an outstanding job with all the service
>for my car. I originally took the car in because the "OIL" message was
>flashing in the odometer slot......... but since I lived far away, they
>decided to do all the servicing for the 30,000 mile interval too. To my
>surprise, the "INSP" message began to flash less than 200 miles later. I am
>assuming that this message is simply mileage related somehow and doesn't
>concern an actual fault within my cars mechanical systems?
>
>Anyway...... I just simply don't want to drive to the dealer, leave my car
>for the night, get a loaner, and then go all the way back again the next
>day......... just to have the message disabled if I can do it myself! ;)
>
>(my older Honda just required the insertion of the ignition key into a slot
>to reset the message)
>
>Dino

Dino,

Sorry for the very delayed reply, but I am way behind in reading the Q-list 
Digests (obviously).

For my late '98 A4, the message clearing procedure is described in the 
Owners Manual.  It's not quite as simple to do as on your older Honda, but 
certainly not difficult ;-)  So, unless your 98 is a very early one, where 
I believe the Dealer has to perform the procedure, you can reset the display.


Stephen Kormilo                            Silver '98.5 Audi A4 2.8QM
Instructor, Electronics Technology
Red River College
Winnipeg, MB
CANADA

email: skormilo at rrc.mb.ca
OR:    srkormilo at home.com