[s-cars] Another Elec Problem - Warning Light Panel - Crazy Patterns!

[Robert Myers]

You're talking about the display which shows station information and the 
check system icons, right?

I had a similar problem with the display on an '89 200 back when.  It would 
show more or less random blocks of garbage.  The solution was to pull the 
instrument cluster and clean the contacts inside the IC.  That particular 
IC had a back cover which came off with several (about 8?) hex head 
Phillips screws.  When the cover came off the dirty/corroded connector was 
exposed.  This may well also be your problem.  Gentle cleaning of the 
connector parts followed by treatment with Stabilant 22 may take care of it 
for you.

At 05:23 PM 1/21/2005 -0800, Mike Bishoff wrote:

>Hi again folks,
>
>Still working on the problem with the coolant light, but it reminded of
>another annoying problem on my '92 S4. The warning light panel itself
>intermittently displays correctly and at other times produces random
>patterns of output that pretty much doesn't look like anything. At first I
>thought it was related to the radio when displaying AM/FM info, but the
>problem occurs whether the radio is on or not.
>
>Any ideas?
>
>Mike - Seattle, WA
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Bob
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Robert Myers
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'95 urS6 - Cashmere Grey
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