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Old Dec 18, 1998 | 04:47 AM
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Chris K
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This morning when I started my car, I noticed the display on my car radio having weird dot spots as well as a few lines. Could it be from the cold weather? I tried changing radio stations, turning on and off the radio but the weird display still remains. Anyone have a clue as to what may be the cause of the problem? Thanks for your inputs.<p>Chris K<br>98.5 1.8TQAS TAP STAGE II
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Old Dec 18, 1998 | 04:59 AM
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other people have had this problem (check posts about 2 weeks ago?)<p>I had it as well. It seems cold weather related. After the car warmed up, i turned on and off the vehicle, and it went away. Prior to that I tried everything to no avail.<p>No one seems to have this problem on the Delta units.<p><br>1996 a4 2.8 qm (with concert)
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Old Dec 18, 1998 | 06:53 AM
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<br>I posted about this a couple of weeks back....Randall is right....turn the car off and on and it's gone. Seems to be cold related...however...it's pretty cold today in Toronto and it didn't happen..about -5 celcius...whereas it was about +1 celcius when it happened.<p>-Ash<br>98.5 Silver 1.8TQMS with Funky BOSE display (only once so far)
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Old Dec 18, 1998 | 09:23 AM
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Default Has happened to me once in 5 months...

When I shut the car off and restarted it again later, the problem was gone. Since it is garage kept, and the weather at the time was mild, I don't think it is temp related. I attributed it to an internal computer glich, like once in a blue moon when your PC doesn't boot up properly. If the problem does not increase in frequency, I would not worry about it too much.
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Old Dec 18, 1998 | 01:19 PM
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Happened to me one time only, seems cold related, called dealer- no explanation...
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Old Dec 18, 1998 | 08:45 PM
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Default Happened to me once...I posted on it!

I really don't think it's cold related, though. Yup, I think it's actually shutting down the engine and restarting it that cures it. Like I said, it's only happened once(but I did mention it to my dealer!).<p>JT 99' 1.8Tqms
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