FW: 98 A6 2.8 Display

[George Tur]

On Tuesday 25 January 2005 05:17 pm, Chris Perry wrote:
> Hey Folks,
> My parents have a 98 A6 and they are having some issues with the display
> on the dash.  When the car is in park they get the standard warning
> message about putting your foot on the brake.yada, yada, yada.  When
> they put the car in gear, the display goes dark like when you turn it
> off with the switch on the stalk.  It used to kind of flicker and then
> stay on but now it is just off complety (no, pressing the button on the
> stalk has no effect).  Is there a particualr under-dash connecter that
> feeds this display.  It usually shows radio station and
> tripcomputer/temp stuff.  My dad seems to think it started happening
> after a recall was performed at the dealer.  Maybe they didn't get one
> of the connectors plugged back in all the way?  Any thoughts,
> suggestions?
>
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I don't know about the 98 A6Q, but on the 95 A6Q it is pretty easy to remove 
the instrument cluster to get at the center radio display. I did this on the 
wife's car when her instrument was misbehaving in a similar manner and it 
took about an hour to get it out, spray electrical contact cleaner on the 
connections and to reseat all the connectors. IIRC there are four screws that 
hold the cluster and trim in place, and then the cluster can be pulled out. 
Take a look through the V6-12V mailing list for the procedure that's where I 
got it.

HTH

George Tur
91 V8