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Help, tachomoter stopped working! Out of warranty...

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Old Dec 5, 2005 | 10:26 AM
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Default Help, tachomoter stopped working! Out of warranty...

All of a sudden my Tach won't work anymore. I did the 10/15 fuse thing I read about here, and it made it move a little, but barely.

Anything I can do?

What does this cost to fix?

Everything else works fine. I am at 60K miles.
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Old Dec 5, 2005 | 10:35 AM
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Default 60K means time to do timing belt, belt tensioner and water pump...

replacement. Get the water pump with the metal impeller.

As far as tachometer is concerned, that may be a defective cluster. Expensive fix.
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Old Dec 5, 2005 | 10:44 AM
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Default i'm going to go with the easy answer....

check the battery first...a dying battery seems to do strange things to this car...


oh, and no leaning on the car!! ;-)
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Old Dec 5, 2005 | 10:56 AM
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Default Watch Ebay - the only one out there now is metric, but they come up

I also had a lazy tach that was fixed with a new battery. That sound different from your problem, but certainly worth a try if you still have the original battery.<ul><li><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/Audi-TT-Instrument-Cluster_W0QQitemZ8019342944QQcategoryZ33699QQssPag eNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem">http://cgi.ebay.com/Audi-TT-Instrument-Cluster_W0QQitemZ8019342944QQcategoryZ33699QQssPag eNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZV
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Old Dec 5, 2005 | 11:00 AM
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Never buy a used cluster..
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Old Dec 5, 2005 | 11:27 AM
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Prob'ly won't help, but I think it's fuses #11 and 15 (then try the battery!)
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Old Dec 5, 2005 | 01:02 PM
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Default the fix is you need a new cluster :(

they run anywhere from 600 - 1200? installed.

so i'd suggest that you first check the battery, fuses (twice), and a splash of holy water, just in case.
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Old Dec 5, 2005 | 01:47 PM
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Default agreed. same symptoms here with a loose neg. terminal

(oops, forgot to tighten it when swapping batts in the WalMart parking lot)
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Old Dec 5, 2005 | 02:06 PM
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Default I don't see why not....

I mean besides the fact that it's a common failure item, that there were a ton of revisions specific to VIN ranges/engine codes, that the mileage can't be reprogrammed once set, and of course in 02+ there's that little minor thing with the security feature, whatever it's called, i-don't-care-since-mine-doesn't-have-it-thingy.

Besides all that, a used one should be fine. ;-)
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Old Dec 5, 2005 | 03:49 PM
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Default Hell the new ones aren't always good........

i'm on my second NEW one in two weeks....
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