Re: Does the Year 2000 bug affects Audis???

[Richard Beels <beels@technologist.com>]

No.  No car uses date specific code in its computers, certainly not
anything that references the year.  There was an AFD Y2K post on the DSM
list this/last year but that's it.  Engine, no.  Cellphone, related to the
network, ot the car, depends.  Alarm, depends on external monitoring
systems compliance; it's just beeps the horn, not affected.

At 02:24 PM 11/13/1998 ,  Craig K Yandow was inspired to say:
>  Lately I have been hearing lots of subtle and scarey ways that the Y2K bugs 
>  might affect a whole range of things.  Some American cars have been
identified 
>  as having Y2K problems- Sorry, I don't have the specifics, this came up
as an 
>  example during a Year 2000 briefing.
>  
>  Is anything known about Audi's in this regard?  Is there a date
computation in 
>  control computers, alarms, phones etc.  ?
>  If this is an old topic, I apologize for wasting bandwidth and your time.


Cheers,
	Richard
	88 90Q "Hannu" - K+N, new vac hoses, still 0.0 bar....
	88 Golf GTi - PRO Rally