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Old 03-30-2003, 08:47 PM
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Default nother thing...the LCD display for the temp and fan control.....

dunno if its lcd or not, but that is not what i;m asking. I need to know if it is supposed to flash? I will be driving and the two screens just flash bright for a sec then go dim again? Why? Does God hate my car?
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bulbs might be dying. There are 4 little bulbs right above the 2 screens that light it up.
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so...the dealership i assume to get those bulbs?
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Default not a chance, they will want to sell you a new climate control unit.

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Default same bulbs are in the instrument panel cluster.... tiny .9 1.0 and 1.1 watt bulbs.

the dealer doesnt carry them to my knowledge, they prefer to sell you the whole thing. Its a crock of **** but thats audi for ya.
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Default Basically im screwed or what?

i'm not gonna spend 50000000 dollars on a new climate control unit. Isn't there any way to just replace the bulbs?
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Default of course, go to a mom/pop parts store... they will prob have those in stock.

might cost you a buck each.
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Default A DOLLAR each do they think i'm made of money!!

lol =)
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Default may also be the socket has an intermittent connection and needs to be resoldered ...

i've heard of others who have had to do this. quattrofrog is right that you can go to an import auto parts shop to find the instrument blubs. the original blubs were 0.8W, but they didn't have them ... so i replaced with 1.5W. I replaced all of them so the brightness would be the same across the unit and the load would be same (i've heard they'll prematurely burn out, if you don't replace them all).
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