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Bad solder joints (archive)
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Posted by David 87M3 on January 07, 2002 at 04:55:35:

In Reply to: Break Lining light goes on & off posted by M3andM3 on January 05, 2002 at 21:30:25:

This happened to me
I bet your instrument cluster is made by VDO. They suffer from bad solder joints. If after checking the sensors and connectors you still have no joy take the instrument cluster apart and resolder the joints behind the temperature gague.
I was informed about this common fault by heartlake electronics (UK). i was going to send my cluster to them when they said do the solder joints before you send it
they were correct....

David
87M3

The break pads are good and the the break lining light
goes on and off by itself. The breaks work fine. Someone
told me that the 'motherboard' should be fixed/replaced to
cure this problem. Where is the motherboard located?
Would it possible that the SI board battery is no longer
working correctly?
Please share your experience on this matter.
TIA
M3andM3




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