[s-cars]Warning light on dash

[Tom Green]

Ok, Lee, but did the light go out ?

The wife's '03 displays the 2 lamps facing each other illuminated in  
green
whenever the parking lights are on.  I don't think there was any  
provision
for this indicator light before '98 MY but I am no expert on  
systems.  It sounds
more like a bulb holder is loose and happens to be behind this unused  
indicator
panel.  If it is displaying correctly, it should only be on if the  
parking lights are turned
on.  The bulb holders should have a color dot on them to indicate  
which slot they belong
in.  Nobody mentioned the security immobilizer light that comes on  
with the ignition, but
like the MIL, seatbelt, and airbag lights, it should not stay on  
after start.  (Assuming you
have fastened the seatbelt.)

I kind of liked the advice to RTFM. :-)

You are fortunate :-) to have the expanded fault detection and  
monitoring system with the V6.
As a quickie fix, I would look at the vacuum hose between the  
combination valve and the
Secondary Air injection (AIR) solenoid valve-N112-
It runs in front of the #1 cylinder bank in plain sight and perhaps  
is leaking.
After that, it would be other vacuum lines leaking or plugged, bad  
valves, wiring, etc.
There is an elaborate protocol for VAG-COM diagnosis in the Bentley,  
so if it is not the
simple one, then I guess it's RTFM. :-)

Tracking down these innocuous little problems is what earned dealers  
their reputation for
sparing no expense to fix your problem.

Tom

Original message:
> Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2005 20:16:04 -0800 (PST)
> From: Lee Levitt <lee at wheelman.com>
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] RE: Warning light on dash
> To: Mark Strangways <Strangconst at rogers.com>, 	Tony Curran
> 	<tony.curran at sympatico.ca>, lee at wheelman.com, 	"'Craig D. Niederst'"
> 	<cdniederst at comcast.net>
> Cc: "'S-Car-List at Audifans. Com'" <s-car-list at audifans.com>,	'Quattro
> 	List' <quattro at audifans.com>
> Message-ID: <3655590.1134620164674.JavaMail.root at m11>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>
> It's probably the CEL. I just VAGged the car and found an error
> code:
>
> 17819 - Secondary Air Injection System: Bank 2: Insufficient Flow
> P1411 -92-100 - Unknown Error Elaboration
>
> I cleared the code, have not run the engine again to see if it
> reappears.
>
> Anyone know what this means?
>
> Lee
> '96 A6 quattro avant
> '95 A6 quattro avant
> '93 300D 2.5 turbodiesel