[V8] 1990 Bose Repair

[RichardMor at aol.com]

<<if I owned a 1990 model I would be raising the issue with the NHTSA.  As
far as I know the 1990 Audi V8 Quattros used exactly the same stereo as
the 1991, with the same Audi part number for the rear deck speakers.  As
I have stated before, it seems to me that anyone who is concerned that
this problem may affect them as well ought to contact the NHTSA and
submit a problem report.  I just checked the site and see that there
were two people who submitted reports back in 2001 ... perhaps a few
more reports might get some action ... >>

Steve - you are absolutely correct.  When I owned my 1990, I had rear speaker
problems.  The ruling came down that only included the 1991 and later models.
I contacted both the NHTSA and AudiUSA.  Over several weeks, I must have
wasted 20 hours trying to understand why the 1990 was not included.  Received
zero info and an impossible stalemate from the NHTSA about getting the 1990
included.  I gave up.  I think I did mail in some form they gave me.
Ended up making the repair myself - bought the capacitors as described here 
and
hired a local company (that makes circuit boards) to replace them at a cost of
$50 bucks cash.  The caps cost about $6 bucks  - got both rear amps repaired
for less than $60!
I'm pretty sure AudiUSA circumvented the major cost on this issue by 
convincing
the NHTSA that they would repair the 1991 and up models and that's all that 
needed
to be done- leaving the 1500 or so 1990 models to fend for themselves.

Cheers,
Richard Morris
Renton, WA
Audi-less