[s-cars] Intermittent bulb out indicator

[Ivan Demkovitch]

Problems solved, I logged information to WiKi
 
http://www.audifans.com/twiki/bin/view/Audi/AutocheckProblems
 
Thanks to everybody who helped!
 
Ivan

----- Original Message ----
From: Igor Kessel <KBATPO at comcast.net>
To: djdawson2 at aol.com
Cc: idemkovitch at yahoo.com; s-car-list at audifans.com
Sent: Tuesday, August 8, 2006 12:00:43 PM
Subject: Re: [s-cars] Intermittent bulb out indicator


djdawson2 at aol.com wrote:
> Ivan,
> I experienced a similar nightmare with my autocheck... even to the point of defeating the whole system at the fuse panel, and it STILL came on.  Ultimately, it turned out to be the connector on the back side of the dash that was causing the issue.  You might want to check there next.
>  
> Dave 
>  
>  
> -----Original Message-----
> From: idemkovitch at yahoo.com
> To: s-car-list at audifans.com
> Sent: Tue, 8 Aug 2006 7:39 AM
> Subject: [s-cars] Intermittent bulb out indicator
> 
> 
> I asked question a while ago what this icon on display means. Well, it's still 
> there.
>  
> It will come on and go out. I may not see it whole day and next morning when I 
> start driving it will illuminate and start beeping.
>  
> As you may guess all lights working.
>  
> I did clean all connections in a trunk/trunk lid. Replaced 3 bulbs that were 
> looking suspicious.
> Checked wires in a trunk to make sure they are not broken.
>  
> Checked/cleaned front turn signals bulbs.
>  
> H1's for low beam looks little bit worn out (spirals), wonder if that could be 
> culprit.
>  
> Did anybody experience similar problem? 
>  
> Thanks,
> Ivan
>  
> 93' S4
>  
> P.S. Before I kill autocheck

Now that you've mentioned it Dave I do vaguely recall touching up a pin 
on one of the IC PCB connectors with a soldering pencil. It was a cold 
solder joint that gave me the annoying intermittent BULB OUT beep.

-- 
Igor Kessel
two turbo quattros