Bought Audi #2 today

[Kneale Brownson]

There is a technical service bulletin regarding the A/C magnetic clutch 
power surges that result in a pop in the radio and, more importantly, a 
threat to the ECU, but I'm not sure there was a recall in terms of Audi 
would fix it for free.


At 02:25 PM 01/28/2001 -0500, Brett Dikeman wrote:

>ah, forgot two things.
>
>a)there's a recall for the A/C clutch relay; listen for a pop, with the 
>A/C clutch engaging, with the radio on.
>b)there is a recall considered MANDATORY for the airbag sensor.  It aged 
>differently than they expected it to, so it needed to be replaced; 
>supposedly gets more sensitive than it should.
>
>Both can be quickly determined by going to any Audi service dept with the 
>VIN number and asking for a printout of the car's history(they will have 
>anything that -Audi- paid for, so you'll see warrantee services and 
>such.)  If the guy tells you he doesn't know the numerical codes, he's 
>full of crap.  It's part of his job to read those codes.  Ask for a paper copy.
>
>Brett
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