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Old Dec 12, 2023 | 08:36 PM
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Old Jan 21, 2024 | 12:27 PM
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Originally Posted by str1979
hi
i know that this is an old thread but it very helpfull
i have an A4B5 1.6 8valve 1999 facelift and two days ago i replace the cluster with one from A6C5 1.8T 20valve 1998

A4B5 VDO 8D0 919 861 H
A6 VDO 4B0 919 860 XP

dashboards are identical (no center LCD screen, 32pin back green & blue connectors, 10pin back center black connector)
just the A6 have 2 extra gauges of oil temperature & battery voltage.
Everything is working great apart from two things

A. the oil temperature gauge level is not working
B. the rear trank door open indicator is always on

any info how can i correct this issues?
The guy that swap the clusters and copy-write the immo and eprom could not help any farther





Is the Oil Temp gauge working? I see you didn't have it originally.
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Old Oct 18, 2024 | 03:06 PM
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Hi - looking for some clarity.. For Cluster 1 and yellow connector can someone confirm the difference between Pin 12 - Fuel tank warning and Pin 25 - Sender for fuel gauge? Is Pin 12 for the indicator light for low fuel and Pin 25 for the operation of the actual fuel gauge which tell you how much fuel is in the tank? Thank you.
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Old Dec 4, 2024 | 11:37 AM
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Hi,
I made a swap from 2003 jager, to vdo. Added the silver connector, wired to the wiper stalk, as described above, and the wiper stalk board computer reset button, and down button doesnt work. Silver connector 14, 15, 16 terminals also showing error icons, assuming theese wires dont connect anywhere. From the wiper connector, i grounded the terminal 2, to the blue connector terminal 7, sensor ground.
What could be wrong with the reset, and down button? Since i didn't find anything from the m73 jager cluster's blue and green connector pinouts, i can't connect the break light, low beam, washer fluid level wires, is there a jager cluster pinout diagram, or doesn't exist?
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Old Jan 7, 2026 | 11:30 PM
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Hey, I did a cluster swap from my A4 B5 1999 2.8L V6 30V to a S4 B5 2.7L 2001. (Cluster 2 to cluster 3)… upon getting it done, these are the things that did NOT work or was wrong:
- Tachometer
- Oil temp and oil sensor warning
- Bulb warning
- Brake bulb warning
- Triple flashing handbrake light
- Outside temperature


What I have currently done is follow some of the previous comments, and I have managed to fix the tachometer. Used VAGCOM on instruments channel 60 and set to 0000.
The next thing is I have done an oil pan swap with a sensor, and I have DIY’d my way into attempting to fix the oil pan temp/level sensor.
I wired wire 1 as my power wire, going from oil sensor up to the fuse box, where I have an inline fuse for protection and a fuse tap into the windshield wiper fuse (only on when car is on).
wire 2 is the ground wire, and i wired this to the engine bay chassis where I found other grounds.
wire 3 goes from sensor to cluster, and by following the above pinout i have that wire in Green 15.

Unfortunately, the oil temp/level sensor still does not work. Important to note though that when I started the car after unplugging battery for a while, the oil sensor and level warning didn’t show up for about ~60 seconds after idling… Possibly I did something right?

I also used vagcom to diagnose, and it said:

00562 - sensor for oil level/temperature (G266) 30-00 - Open or short to plus
00562 - sensor for oil level/temperature (G266) 29-10 - short to ground - intermittent

My thoughts are that maybe the ground wire should go to cluster ground?
And maybe the power wire should go to the terminal 15 pin?

Any help is awesome for this, or any of the issues I am experiencing. Thank you.
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Old Apr 15, 2026 | 12:45 AM
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I did a cluster swap from 2.4 to a 1.8T and everything works expect the RPM , the oem number and physically everything is the same but it doesnt work. We changed the number responsible for number of cylinders but still. HELP
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Old Apr 15, 2026 | 08:05 AM
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Hi, I have a 2.8 V6 and I put a replacement used cluster in mine. It was the correct part number (exact same as mine bad cluster) but it was a 4 cylinder. The RPMs were also higher than it should be when I started and ran the car. I used Ross-Tech VCDS-Lite (free version) to change the code of the cluster. If I remember correctly (been a while) I went into the Instrument section and just change ONE number in the code from 4 to 6. Saved it and it worked. I did exit out and then go back into the program to see if it took and verified it. If you did the same it should work. Curious what did you do, anything different?
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Old Apr 15, 2026 | 08:21 AM
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I did change the number from 6 to 4 since mine is 1.8T and the cluster i bought is from 2.4 but it had no effect. I got told it's supposed to be done with special equipment and the cluster must not be connected to the car
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I am, at the moment, at a loss. If I find something out I will post it. Just asking, but was swapped cluster the exact same part number as the original one? BTW, the comment that the cluster is not connected to the car does not make sense since you cannot alter the codes without it being attached so that comment does not make sense.
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