My information display in my instrument cluster have totally blacked out. It use to warning me if brakes are worn, if any lights are not working. Fluids need refill and so on...
2000 Audi S4 electrical complaints
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Instrument cluster failure. I have no way to view the important vehicle information on my cluster as the pixels in the display have failed and are now unreadable, temp, engine issues etc all appear on this screen and are unreadable.
Instrument cluster problem in 2000 audi s4 the instrument cluster digital screen has all of its pixels missing or messed up. It is especially worse when the heat increases. This problem is dangerous to me because this screen tells me what problems my car is having, weather my coolant is low, headlights working, etc. It warns me of nothing if I cannot see it. I find this dangerous to me and could also cause mechanical failure in the car.
Pixels on my instrument cluster began to get scrambled the car was serviced last month and because I could not read the warning light indicating low oil my motor was nearly blown. All warning lights come across that part of the cluster and no warning is viewable.
I drive a 2000 audi s4. Today the instrument cluster stopped working while I was driving. Due to this I was unable to know how fast I was going or read any of the vehicle safety warnings, which my vehicle's diagnostic system displays on the instrument cluster. While speaking with the audi dealership I was informed that this is not an uncommon problem. I believe this to be an unsafe vehicle flaw that must be corrected.
Instrument cluster warning system is missing pixels and I can't see certain warnings to tell me if my car is having a serious problem or not.
2000 audi s4 purchased used and center trip odometer in instrument cluster. Trip odometer is supposed to give you vehicle information so when it doesn't work you may not get valuable info that could help you avoid an accident or just a major car problem which could cost a lot to fix.
Information display is illegible...dead pixels.
Dashboard/instrument cluster information screen has more then half of it pixels missing. I can not read any information form the car, for example( check engine, brake pads are low, temp warnings, door ajar. Push in clutch to start, etc. It started as just a couple of pixels missing a couple of years ago and just keeps getting worse to the point there will be nothing just a beep and I won't know why the car is beeping at me.
My gauge cluster, the center display is missing a thousand pixels and you cant read the important safety information on the center display and my radio keeps cutting in and out and I feel it could cause a fire.
My 2000 audi s4 has many bad pixels on the instrument cluster that warns me about safety related items. Audi will not fix the item without charge. *tr updated 02/15/11 *bf the consumer stated he had to 70% of the repair which cost $ 1,894.99 and it should have been fixed for free. Updated ivoq 02/23/11
Tl*the contact owns a 2000 audi s4. The contact stated that the digital instrumental panel display has lines across it, which prevent him from reading the screen. This is a persistent failure. When he took the vehicle to the dealer to be repaired, he was informed that he needed to purchase a new cluster for the instrumental panel. The current and failure mileages were 65,000.
The instrument cluster displaying the dashboard is unreadable preventing the owner from reading vital safety alerts or possible hazardous failures of the vehicle and/or engine parts/components. Also rearview mirror has tinting defects causing obstruction of view.
2000 audi s4 instrument display failure. Dead pixels or lines do not show up making in hard to read display information.
Drivers information display failure. No way to display safety information, vehicle monitoring etc.
Instrument cluster lcd screen that displays safety information (brake pad replacement notification, low coolant, etc.) has been gradually losing functionality making it harder and harder to read.
Center display on car is badly faded with several pixels missing. Most of the time there are so many pixels missing it is impossible to read information. This is potentially dangerous as the display shows vital info about the car.
2000 audi s4 with unreadable gauge and warning lights on the instrument cluster. Consumer states this has gotten worse and they are not readable at all. His brake pedal was soft and the warning light was unreadable. *kb while driving, there was a loud beep followed by a constant flashing of a blurry display which the consumer could not read. The consumer later discovered the flashing light was suppose to show the brake level signal/pad signal level. The vehicle was towed to the dealer where it was determined that the ABS pump had failed.
The center display on my 2000 audi s4 started having missing pixels several years ago. Now it has gotten so bad that I cant even read the auto-check system. 9 out of the 10 people that I know with this exact same make and model vehicle have this same problem. I really think that something should be done about this.
(1)events leading up to the failure: a.time. This has been an ongoing problem that continues to get progressively worse over time as pixels fail on the lcd drivers information display in the gauge cluster. (2) failure and its consequences: a. Presently, the cluster is unreadable and thus information vital to the safe operation of the vehicle is not available to me. (3) what was done to correct the failure; I.e, parts repaired or replaced (and if old part is available) a.nothing yet. To repair the item a completely new gauge cluster must be purchased.
The display cluster in my 2000 audi s4 is losing visible lines: as time goes on, less and less of my display is readable as more pixels stop functioning.
The events leading up to the failure were normal day to day conditions that go hand and hand with normal car use. The display in the center of the gauge cluster now has missing or dead pixel rows preventing the display of messages such as, coolant level, brake lamp malfunction, and engine oil level.
The car was purchased on may of 2007. The cars instrument panel was working fine when purchased. All the cars critical information is displayed on the panel. A month after purchased I noticed that the panel intermittently fails. The car was running low on coolant but since I could not read the deploy I had no idea until the car overheated and the water pump blew. The repair alone cost me $800.00. Mechanic stated that the instrument cluster should have displayed that the coolant was low. So I also believe this would be dangerous because all warning information is displayed on the cluster; brakes, temperature and oil.
Bad instrument cluster display going bad..can't see any warning symbols if they were to show.
There were no events leading up to failure. Failure is center display in instrument cluster has lost lines, and goes so dim at times that I can't read anything on it. The display gives important info for failures in system, like brakes, headlights, oil pressure loss, etc. And if I cannot read/see it I wont know what's going on.
Tl*the contact owns a 2000 audi s4. The center pixel display on the instrument panel does not properly display all of its features. The display began malfunctioning at approximately 30,000 miles and has been occurring ever since. The vehicle was out of warranty and the contact never notified the dealer of the failure. The current mileage was 76,000 and failure mileage was 46,000.
Tl*the contact owns a 2000 audi s4. The contact stated that he was unable to view the warning indicators on the instrument panel. The dealer stated that the heat from the vehicle caused the failure. As of september 28, 2007, the dealer had not repaired the vehicle. The failure mileage was 92,000 and current mileage was 105,000.
2000 audi s4 customer states that after about 3 months he developed gauge cluster problems*cc the failure of the instrument cluster, resulted in the consumer not being able to read the fuel, temperature or engine speed.
2000 audi s4 with gauge cluster problems**nar**cc the problem developed in 2003 just after the warranty period expired. The problem has gotten progressively worse causing a serious safety issue. Audi has been aware of the problem for several years. Audi uk chose to replace the cluster free of charge in the united kingdom. The consumer is requesting that audi replaced the cluster in his vehicle free of charge.
2000 audi s4 has problems with the gauge cluster .**nar*cc the consumer indicated that the manufacturer has been aware of the gauge cluster problem for several years. The consumer request that the dealer replace the part at no charge.
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