a few questions on a new A4 3.0 Q.

[Ti Kan]

michael dunston writes:
> the ambient lighting: according to page 76 of the manual, "ambient
> lighting illuminates important controls" via the two red LEDs in front
> of the sunroof knob and lights in the door handles.  The only lighting I
> see at night anywhere near the door handles is the backlighting for the
> lock/unlock switches.  Is there supposed to be a light somewhere near
> the actual handle?  In addition, the two red LEDs in front of the
> sunroof knob are very dim.  Even in total darkness I can only see light
> output from them when my hand is within a few inches; any farther than
> about six inches below the roof and I see no red light being cast.  Is
> this normal?

My '03 doesn't seem to have any lighting for the door handles, maybe
this is a new feature.  The two LEDs in front of the sunroof knob are
only supposed to "slightly" illuminate your hand and the center console
controls under pitch dark conditions.  It's not meant to be bright.

> the coming home/leaving home illumination feature:  the addendum manual
> for this says that it should occur only when 'the vehicle is parked in
> poor light or darkness with the sensors detecting little or no light at
> all' yet it happened the first time I unlocked the car at 11 am this
> morning. (it was overcast, but nowhere near 'poor light' or darkness)

Don't know about that, maybe it's a new '04 feature too.

> Although the trunk does unlock with two taps on the remote 'unlock'
> button, the 'trunk' button does not unlock the trunk. (either remote)
> I am fairly certain this worked earlier in the week when I picked up the
> car.  Has anyone experienced this?

I think you have to unlock first before you can make it release.

> Is there a way to get the clock do display 24-hour time?

I don't have the owner's manual handy to check, but this is probably
something that requires a re-coding using the VAG scan tool.

-Ti
2003 A4 1.8T multitronic
2001 S4 biturbo 6-sp
1984 5000S turbo
1980 4000 2.0 5-sp
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