[s-cars] Lamp control module

[Bjørn Ødegård]

Cleaned and checked your IC contacts lately?  ;o)
(Also the ones between the 'hinged' part and the gauges..)

TIA,
Bjorn 'BTDT' :o)
'92 S4
'96 Cabrio


----- Original Message -----
From: "KBATTPO" <igor at s-cars.org>
To: "Fred Munro" <munrof at sympatico.ca>
Cc: "Audi S-list" <s-car-list at audifans.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2002 5:32 AM
Subject: Re: [s-cars] Lamp control module


> Fred,
> my very first course of action was to remove both bulbs, discover the
> oxidised and dimpled led contacts, touch them up with a soldering pencil
> and round them off with a file to form a nice and round contact.
> Besides, the Autocheck only sences the burnt bulb in the LIGHTS ON
> position. Whereas mine comes on by itself, regardless of the light stalk
> position. Very puzzling.
>
> Igor
>
> Fred Munro wrote:
> >
> > Igor;
> >
> > I had a similar problem on my '86 5ktq. It turned out to be an
intermittent
> > contact on one of the taillight bulbs. The bulbs had been in there so
long
> > that the soft lead contacts had worn down and the tension on the spring
> > contacts in the bulb socket wasn't enough to ensure good connection with
> > the bulb. Took me a while to track it down since both bulbs tested good
and
> > the bulb socket contacts were clean. Replacing both bulbs solved the
> > problem.
> >
> > HTH
> >
> > Fred Munro
> > '94 S4
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:   KBATTPO [SMTP:igor at s-cars.org]
> > Sent:   Wednesday, May 15, 2002 12:06 PM
> > To:     Audi S-list
> > Subject:        [s-cars] Lamp control module
> >
> > Folks,
> > this is driving me nuts. As of a week or two ago my Autocheck has
> > starterd displaying the burned lamp symbol. All while driving,
> > intermittently on and off. Funny I should ask for help on this. I have
> > hacked the Autocheck a long time ago (for the relayed Euros) and it has
> > been performing flawlessly for 3 years.
> > Conditions:
> > 1. All bulbs are OK. And I mean really OK. Impedances tested with a
> > multimetre and they all light up.
> > 2. The bulb symbol comes ON with IGNITION ON, but while the light stalk
> > is in the OFF position. This is puzzling. Even if a bulb were out, the
> > Autocheck should not have noticed it untill the lights were turned ON.
> > I have tested this im my garage last night by removing one taillight
> > bulb and while the Autocheck was OK. If I did this with IGN ON but
> > LIGHTS OFF the Autocheck was happy. As soon as I turned the LIGHTS ON,
> > the Autocheck had senced the removed bulb. Just the way it was supposed
> > to work in the first place.
> >
> > Yet when it is intermittent, it buzzes w/o the lights turned ON, i.e.
> > when it is not even supposed to otice a burnt bulb if there even were
> > one burned.
> >
> > Did anyone have anything like this?
> >
> > Igor
> >
> > P.S. I am going to swap my Lamp Control with Sterfan's. If the problem
> > stays with my car - it's the wiring, if it moves over to Stefan's car -
> > its the module itself. Yeah, my favourite "how to catch a lion in a
> > desert" approach.
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