Re: 92 S4 Problems?

[steveb@falcon.kla.com (Steven Buchholz)]

> I'm currently considering the purchase of a 92 S4. The car has 47k on it
> and seems to be in great shape. Are there known problems to be aware of
> with this model and year?
> 
>  I currently have a 91 20V 200Q wagon with 85k on it. I have replaced the
> circuit board for the dash twice, rebuilt the exhaust, replaced the
> ignition, and am about to put a new steering rack into it. I love the car,
> but it has needed a lot of work to stay healthy.
> 
> Should I expect to put in the same amount of service on the S4? Any help or
> suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
> 
... well Rob you've  got to know that the S4 is a cousin of your 200 ... so 
it will be prone to similar problems.   I would expect exhaust and steering 
rack problems, but I've only heard of one car that fried an ignition system
(due to an alternator failure).  I'll bet that you could have prevented the 
two IC pcb replacements by tracing  down the problem and fixing the source,
was it a speedo problem?  

HTH!
Steve Buchholz
s_buchho@kla.com
San Jose, CA (USA)