[s-cars] Re: Bulb Warning Light and switch lighting...

[Mark Strangways]

The seat heater illumination is masked by the thumbwheel in my 92 S4. I
don't know if that was changed or not in later years.
It's not until you turn the thumbwheel to 1 does it illuminate. Kinda stupid
if you ask me.

----- Original Message -----
From: "CyberPoet" <thecyberpoet at cyberpoet.net>
To: <s-car-list at audifans.com>
Sent: Friday, March 07, 2003 12:46 AM
Subject: [s-cars] Re: Bulb Warning Light and switch lighting...


> The lights for the seat heaters should be illuminated when the car
> running lights are on, as should the rest. The bulb out warning light
> can occur whenever different types of bulbs (brands, etc) are used and
> when replacing brake/blinker/running lights, you should always replace
> them as a pair, as the system checks power draws from one side against
> the other to calculate whether a bulb is bad (2 GE bulbs + 1 Sulivan
> does not equal 2 Bosch + 1 GE in power draw, ergo warning light).
> Since you just got the car, there is the possibility that there are a
> set of lights out that you are not noticing (running lights of some
> sort), but it is unlikely.
>
> Best Wishes,
> =-= Marc Glasgow
>
>
> On Thursday, March 6, 2003, at 11:11 PM,
> s-car-list-request at audifans.com wrote:
>
> > Still learning about my new S4.  I'm wondering now which lights on my
> > center
> > console may be burned out.  The only lighted switches I have are the
> > front
> > and rear fog lights and the hazard light.  Should any others be
> > illuminated?
> > Should the heated seat switches be illuminated?
> >
> > Also, the self-diagnostic test always shows a fault with the lights
> > (picture
> > of a bulb crossed out).  The previous owner said that the fault is
> > triggered
> > as a result of using non-spec (but brighter) bulbs in the headlight
> > assembly.  He figures there is some type of ohm check across the bulbs
> > that
> > causes the fault indication.  Is there such an ohm test?  Or could it
> > be my
> > burned out rear fog light causing the problem?
> >
>
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