[s-cars] Several Sudden problems

Kirby Smith kirby.a.smith at verizon.net
Mon Jun 28 07:53:19 EDT 2004


Bob:

Your car was in fear of being in Ohio.  :)  You will have to nurture it
tenderly until it gets over its panic attack.

kirby



Robert Myers wrote:
> 
> Hi Y'all,
> 
> I just got back from a run up to Columbus (more later) and then on to
> Mid-Ohio track for some racing (also more later).  My '95 urS6 developed a
> couple of new problems seemingly pretty much all at once.  The day before
> leaving town 1.  the ABS Off light came on and 2.  my cruise control quit
> working at basically the same time.  I can't tell for sure if it was at the
> exact same time or just on the same day since I wasn't running on cruise at
> the time.  Also 3.  the OAT display light burnt out.
> 
> Does this particular combination sound familiar to anyone?  Might there be
> a common root cause for the CC and ABS problems?  Or is it just
> happenstance that they happened at about the same time?  I figure the OAT
> light is likely to be totally separate.  This will be the second time I
> will have replaced that little grain of wheat light bulb.  Other than the
> few minutes involved that should be no problem.
> 
> Additionally, 4.  while in Columbus my OEM analog telephone let out a
> godawful racing electrical motor sound for a few seconds and now the phone
> display says that the phone is locked.  It did this all on its own while I
> was driving down the road.  Does this behavior sound familiar to
> anyone?  If so, what's the solution?
> 
> 5.  A few days earlier the right mirror reverse gear dip feature stopped
> working.  The selector switch remains in the right mirror selected
> position.  Switching it back and forth from side to side had no effect.  So
> where do I look for the source of the problem?
> 
> Gee, only a little over a week ago I was congratulating myself that all the
> niggling little things were running right.  The moral?  Don't tempt the
> Audi gods. :-(
> 
> _____
> 
> If you're not outraged you're not paying attention.
> 
> Bob
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>   Rt. 4, Box 57, Fayetteville, WV 25840 USA WV tag Q SHIP
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