A4 info center

[Richard van der Hoff]

On Mon, 27 Nov 2006, Ben wrote:

> My son's information center (the rectangular, digital readout in the center
> of the gauge pod) in his A4 is all wonky. It appears to have several lines
> going horizontally through the information. This makes it impossible to
> decipher any of the information. Can this be repaired or replaced without
> replacing the entire pod? If so, how? If it makes a difference, his is a 1.8
> Turbo with paddle shift automatic.

Har har har, you lose :/.

I went through all this with mine recently. It's a very common fault, and 
no it can't be repaired other than by replacing the whole unit. If the 
vehicle has an immobilizer, that's in the dash too, which means that you 
end up having to pay the dealer for fitting as well as the part.

Fixing is basically out of the question - the problem is that there's a 
ribbon cable which detaches itself from the LCD panel; the only hope would 
be to replace the whole panel and ribbon cable, but nobody will sell you 
just those parts.

All told it came to north of £600 for me :(. Ultimately it's nice to be 
able to read the dash again though.

I've heard rumours of a class action against AoA for this in the US, but I 
don't think there's been much progress on that.

Sorry to be the bearer of bad tidings.

Rich