speedo problem on type 89

[Tom Nas]

Augustin Barennes <augustin.barennes at wavecom.fr> wrote:

>When i bought my '89 90, i remarqued that the speedo/tachymeter had been
>replaced.
>The problem was remarked at 51000' km (a new tachy is ordered by the audi
>dealer) but the tachymeter was changed later, at 62000' km on the clock
>(and 'distance'  was but back to zero)
>
>I often hear about such problems on the list but what is the 'normal'
>problem; 'speed'-meter out of order ? 'distance'-meter out of order ? both
>out ? both intermittent ?
>As i would like to know if my car may have more than 62000' km on the clock
>when the new tachy was installed...

All my type 89s so far have had problems in this area. '88 80: Speedo out 
intermittently, tach out when it was cold. '87 90q: dash lights dead, 
speedo and tach intermittent, autocheck dead. '87 80: speedo intermittent 
when it's cold. Note that the odometer kept functioning throughout all 
these problems...
I don't think your dash was replaced because the odo was dead, as that 
seems to be confined to the type 44 and 81/85 cars. And if you've paid a 
reasonable price for your car, I wouldn't worry too much about how many 
miles it's done.
One idea: if the car's been dealer serviced you might be able to get the 
mileage from the dealer's computer.

HTH!

Regards, Tom