Crappy ODO's RE: 300K is nothing for an Audi

[Tony Hoffman]

Just bought a 96 A4 parts car, no display on the odo at all. Thankfully, I
can check milage through VAG-COM.

Tony

On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 5:25 PM, Kent McLean <kentmclean at comcast.net> wrote:

> Pat wrote:
>
>> Luckily new cars are digital.  We'll see how the LCD displays hold up.
>>
>
> They don't.  My '99 A4 LED driver info display (the big red square)
> fades in the heat, so much so that above 70F it disappears altogether.
> With the cooler weather, the info display is coming back. The LED
> odometer looks great, but Audi save a few pfennigs on the  driver
> info display.
>
> There's a web page on how to solder in a new LED board, but you
> need a good iron and fine motor skills (there's a lot of small
> contacts). There are companies out there that'll fix it for you.
> YMMV.
>
> --
> Kent McLean
> 1999 A4 Avant, V6 Tiptronic
> gone: too many to count, including my first, "Bad Puppy"
>
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