Recalibrating dash gauges?
Recalibrating dash gauges?
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MrLou

Original Poster:

879 posts

252 months

Friday 30th April 2010
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In an attempt to fix the dead lines and pixels in the display of my A3 I've messed up the needles in my dashboard gauges. None of them now point where they should.

Is it possible to recalibrate the gauges using VAGcom?

Has anyone got tips on how to manually position the water temp, fuel, speedometer and tacho needles?

Thanks!

BoraBora

143 posts

201 months

Friday 30th April 2010
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is it still under warranty ?

MrLou

Original Poster:

879 posts

252 months

Sunday 2nd May 2010
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No smile

the car is from 2001.

In anycase, I think I've fixed it, a bit of trial and error and the needles seem about right.

Checked speedo against satnav, reading a few mph higher as it should.
The fuel gauge shows full when I topped up the tank.
The temp gauge sits in the middle after a few minutes of driving.
The tacho reads 2.1krpm at 80ish.

The lesson here is don't bother dismatling yr dash when the problem is not very major and, in hindsight, unlikely to be fixable!