Re: Audi airbag recall (early models)

[David Ritter <dritter@mich.com>]

Phil and Judy Rose writes:

 > Well I have a non-OEM alarm and disc changer. So I wondered what this
 > would cost me. The Service Manager had two interesting pieces of info:
 > (1) there would be no charge for those "extra" items, and (2) the time
 > required--they just had finished another 200q--was running 5 or 6
 > hours!!!!! A far cry from the "approximately 2 hours" stated by Audi's
 > Recall Campaign KF notice. So it seems to be a
 > leave-the-car-for-a-full-day kind of deal.
 > 
 > And then keep fingers crossed that all the pieces get put back
 > together properly. Anyone have the recall work done yet on the older
 > models?

Hello,
I just had the KF recall done on my 89 200Q. The dealer I used is a
small VW/Audi place in Escanaba MI. They informed of the "approx 2
hour" time when I called to set up the appointment. 
When I showed up they said that it should take 2-3 hours on these KF
recalls as they are replacing the airbag control. I was thru in 3
hours including the mandatory car wash. 
The only difference I could tell after the work was that the air bag
light on the dash seems to go out quicker after starting the car.
I checked over the operation of everything before leaving the dealer
and everything worked as before.
This was my first trip to a dealer in 5 years of driving the 200Q, and
I am satisfied with the work done. Also, glad to have it done for
free.

The kid did a good car wash too, even the wheels were clean. :-)

David Ritter
89 200Q (Recall done)
90 200QW (KF Recall scheduled in 2 weeks)