dealer question

**vwchop** · 11-09-2008 07:36 AM

so my cluster is making a weird noise. so im taking it to the dealer. i did the mod to my headlight switch were u can have ur city lights on with ur fogs. so my question is should i undo this before i take it in? i dont want them to void my warrnty or somthing stupid for that.

**cstarky15** · 11-09-2008 08:53 AM

well its your cluster that's making the noise not the headlight switch. I think you are fine and not have to do anything but do as you please. Just remember the have to prove to you that the headlight mod caused the noise in the cluster.

**vwchop** · 11-09-2008 08:56 AM

hmm good point.

**cstarky15** · 11-09-2008 08:59 AM

did you cut your wires or just use electrical tape? either way I don't think that they will take out the headlight switch to fix the cluster. They might but if you used tape, there really isn't a way to see it.

What year is your car?

**vwchop** · 11-09-2008 07:18 PM

Originally Posted by cstarky15

did you cut your wires or just use electrical tape? either way I don't think that they will take out the headlight switch to fix the cluster. They might but if you used tape, there really isn't a way to see it.

What year is your car?

yea i used tape.

**cstarky15** · 11-09-2008 09:40 PM

I wouldn't worry one bit. the chances of them taking your headlight switch out and apart aren't likely. and if they do just play dumb and say you don't know what it is.

**vwchop** · 11-15-2008 09:15 PM

i finally droped off my car at the dealer. they called me said they think the noise that my cluster is making is coming from a module thats mounted on the streeing colum.

**NorcalPB** · 11-15-2008 10:43 PM

Originally Posted by vwchop

i finally droped off my car at the dealer. they called me said they think the noise that my cluster is making is coming from a module thats mounted on the streeing colum.

Yes it is. It's hard to explain but theres two brackets located inside of the steering column that prevent the whole structure from swaying left to right. I don't know why they put it in there because the screws pretty much keep it in place, but I'm sure it has its purposes. That two brackets have a tendency to move around a bit though as the fitments are not perfect, creating the vibrating noise that you are hearing. I'm interested though as to hear what Audi will do to fix it, but what I did was taking the steering column off, glued chamois rags into the brackets themselves so that the metal on metal contact would be eliminated, and it fixed the problem entirely.

**cstarky15** · 11-16-2008 12:00 AM

i have started to hear a weird vibrating sound. I wounder if this is the same thing.

**vwchop** · 11-16-2008 07:48 AM

i see. but this is not my problem the cluster it self is making like a staticy sound. its hard to explaine. kinda like when you have the tv on but the sound is off. it does this all the time when the car is on. and when i shut the car off it. makes the same typ of noise out of the speakers.

**cstarky15** · 11-16-2008 10:23 AM

I wonder if you have a bad wire some where.

**vwchop** · 11-16-2008 07:13 PM

idk. there working on it and gunna get back to me tom with anyinfo. the car also has trouble starting when cold witch i told them about. and gthey are gunna take care of that. but the one thing i forgot to tell them aboiut was that my headlights flicker once in a while. i think really on hard turns and hard takes. there hids. and on have this issue?