[s-cars] bad dashboard computer display in 2000 S4 - ideas?

[Sung, Bryan M.]

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That being said, does anyone have any documentation on how to remove the
dashboard in order to do a quick cleaning? I will also do a search on
the archive, but I was wondering if anyone had any quick information on
the best way to remove the display. Thanks for the input..

-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Myers [mailto:robert at s-cars.org]
Sent: Friday, September 05, 2003 5:43 AM
To: Sung, Bryan M.; s-car-list at audifans.com
Subject: Re: [s-cars] bad dashboard computer display in 2000 S4 - ideas?



Bryan,

This could be nothing more than a symptom of dirty internal contacts
inside the Instrument Cluster (IC).  If so, the fix is to remove the IC,
open it up (including the hinged back side cover, clean the contacts,
perhaps apply a drop or two of contact enhancer, close it up, and put it
back in the car.  Perhaps a 30 minute kitchen table job.

BTDT with an '89 200tq

While you are in there this would be an excellent time to upgrade the
dim 1.1 watt instrument light bulbs with 2 watt bulbs from
rod at thepartsconnection.com.  It requires about 10 of them for about
$1.25 each and will make a world of difference in night time instrument
visibility.

At 11:10 PM 9/4/2003, Sung, Bryan M. wrote:




The center display in the dashboard console of my 2000 S4 has gone
haywire.  The LED's in the center console display have begun to go on
the fritz, and the areas where the radio station, outside temperature,
and other computer information displays now have become unreadable due
to missing lines.  I took it in to my local dealership and they said
that it wasn't a normal occurrence, but it would cost me over 700
dollars to fix it (essentially having to replace the whole dashboard
display).  Unfortunately it's now obviously out of warranty by almost a
year, and I can't read any of the display (wish I had the current four
year warranty that they now offer on Audi's).  The lines seem to come in
and out of view, sometimes lighting up, and other times being dead to
the world.  Anyone have any suggestions on where I can get a cheap
replacement, or if there's anything electronically that I can do to fix
it?  Just wondering if anyone else has had this problem.

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