Engine OK readout !!!

[Ramiro Reinoso <ramiro@ctt.bellcore.com>]

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>   From: Thomas_Jobs@novell.com
>   Date: Mon, 22 Mar 93 08:40:00 MST
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>   I test-drove an '89 100 Quattro yesterday and found two things I have to 
>   ask advise about:
>
>   1)  When you start the car there is a little readout that tells you that 
>   everything is OK.  Well, the first time I started up the car I saw four 
>   horizontal lines going accross the display, another time little patterns 
>   (patches of light) that were lit up; is this normal or what is wrong with 
>   it?  (The third time I started the car I got the usual OK signal and I 
>   could later see my radio station readout).  Is there a cheap and easy way 
>   to fix this or should I stay away from the car?
>

I've never seen the diagnostics display behave like that.  I think
that needs to be fixed.  The sequence should be "blank - OK - blank -
radio display."


>   2)  There was a clicking sound below the left side of the dash board.  The 
>   guy told me it is because I had the seat warmers turned up.  Is this the 
>   way it should be?
>
>   Thomas
>

There's some truth in that.  The heated seats must have a relay switch
of some sort because all Audis I've had made the same clicking sound
when the heated seats are being used.  It's not loud or frequent
either; the clicking sound should be almost random.

Ramiro