My dad and I were test driving an A6 the other day, and this particular car had these three lights/indicators on the panel above the steering wheel. I first thought radar detector or something, but couldn't figure out how to control/turn it on, if it was.
Does anyone recognize the parts?

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Thanks in advance!

Conor

 

Your kidding? you don't know what that is?

Thats simple, the one in middle is to let you know the landing gear is up and the ones on the sides tell you if the wings are out.

Geez, give me something tough.

 

Could be lights for an aftermarket alarm...

 

no, no, its for the remote control steering system. It helps you get out of the way when that Audi experiences "unintended acceleration."

J

 

Self-Destruct mechanism?

 

Perhaps a high-alert idiot light? Like if you're driving with no oil, they flash?

 

Is it like the thing underneath the bottom of the giant Star Trek screen they have on the bridge of the Enterprise that flashes back and forth?

 

That car must have been an unmarked patrol car at one point.

Jk - I have no clue. Ask Ravi Shankar.

 

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">no, no, its for the remote control steering system. It helps you get out of the way when that Audi experiences "unintended acceleration."</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">LOL! <img border="0" alt="[hiha]" title="" src="graemlins/roflmao.gif" /> My folks had an '85 5000 turbo, and my mother feared it would come through the garage all by itself! Happened to like 100 cars IIRC.

The lights are most likely part of an aftermarket alarm. The car has 20 some grand on it, so it is possible. Ask the owner.

 

The car is at a dealership, and the guy had no idea. He thought maybe an alarm, I said maybe radar detector, he didn't know. The PO had some other aftermarket stuff on it, like a Zender/LLTek spoiler (which looks really good IMO), so probably an alarm.

Thanks for the help!

Conor

 

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no, no, its for the remote control steering system. It helps you get out of the way when that Audi experiences "unintended acceleration."
</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">I understand that the official report by the gov't on this issue called the problem (and I'm trying to remember the exact quote here) was "misapplication of pedal action" which was a bureaucratic way of weasling out of the fact that the people pushed the wrong pedal.

Ya gotta wonder why some people had such a vendetta against Audi.

Disgustedly yours,
Paul

 

turn signals???

 

I'd take the steering-column apart and trace where the wires for those lights go. This will lead to the source and I'm sure they'll be hooked up to some box somewhere that's labeled with its function.

"I understand that the official report by the gov't on this issue called the problem (and I'm trying to remember the exact quote here) was "misapplication of pedal action" which was a bureaucratic way of weasling out of the fact that the people pushed the wrong pedal."

Yeah, right after that, Audi placed their pedals further apart and put in a switch on the brakes; thus requiring them to be on in order to move the shift lever out of park.

 

This guy probably knows exactly what those are for....it's probably his old car. Anybody remember him from a previous thread?

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odds are that it is a radar detector. there are several expensive radar detectors that are wired to the front grill and rear license plate and have the lights on the dash for a more discreet look. check up front and at the back of the car for radar sensors.