Need Instrument Cluster

HELP, HELP, HELP

I need to get a new instrument cluster for my 2000 Audi A4. My local
dealer in the Caribbean wants about $US2000 for a replacement.

My cluster number is 8D0 920 932G. It is calibrated in Kilometers and
has an immobilizer. I am having great difficulty finding it on the net.
It is not available in the US, difficult to find in the UK (where the
use miles) The Audi dealers in Germany don't stock it.

My engine code is APU and that seems to be a northern European spec
engine. Why Audi sent cars speced for Finland and Sweden to the
Caribbean is another story. Perhaps they know something about global
warming we don't.

Anyhow I would be most grateful if anyone reading this could help me
find a unit from a reputable source.

Thanks
Simon

PS. How the cluster got screwed is yet another story. To cut a long
story short - just avoid companies that claim to fix the display LCD
for Audi Clusters. They fixed the display but fu.&%(% ed the
immobilizer.

Simon,
I bet that engine block heater gets a lot of use down in the Caribbean, huh?
And the heated seats.....
You can try www.car-part.com and try to locate a cluster for an A4 from a
wrecking yard in Canada - you might also try some of the popular Audi
recyclers in the US like www.force5.com or www.shokan.com might also have a
Canadian IC, although I'm not sure if the one for Canada would be the same
as yours. I'll post a request on the West Toronto board and see if anybody
may be able to help you out.
btw, where are you located in the Caribbean?
Cheers!
Steve Sears
1987 Audi 5kTQ
1980 Audi 5k
1962 and '64 Auto Union DKW Junior deLuxes
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"Smokin" > wrote in message
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> HELP, HELP, HELP
>
> I need to get a new instrument cluster for my 2000 Audi A4. My local
> dealer in the Caribbean wants about $US2000 for a replacement.
>
> My cluster number is 8D0 920 932G. It is calibrated in Kilometers and
> has an immobilizer. I am having great difficulty finding it on the net.
> It is not available in the US, difficult to find in the UK (where the
> use miles) The Audi dealers in Germany don't stock it.
>
> My engine code is APU and that seems to be a northern European spec
> engine. Why Audi sent cars speced for Finland and Sweden to the
> Caribbean is another story. Perhaps they know something about global
> warming we don't.
>
> Anyhow I would be most grateful if anyone reading this could help me
> find a unit from a reputable source.
>
> Thanks
> Simon
>
> PS. How the cluster got screwed is yet another story. To cut a long
> story short - just avoid companies that claim to fix the display LCD
> for Audi Clusters. They fixed the display but fu.&%(% ed the
> immobilizer.
>

Simon,
I see you're in Trinidad & Tobago - you might be able to modify a LHD
Canadian Cluster into a RHD car, but then again, you've already gone the
route of IC "surgery"...........
Cheers!
Steve Sears
1987 Audi 5kTQ
1980 Audi 5k
1962 and '64 Auto Union DKW Junior deLuxes
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"Steve Sears" > wrote in message
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> Simon,
> I bet that engine block heater gets a lot of use down in the Caribbean,
> huh? And the heated seats.....
> You can try www.car-part.com and try to locate a cluster for an A4 from a
> wrecking yard in Canada - you might also try some of the popular Audi
> recyclers in the US like www.force5.com or www.shokan.com might also have
> a Canadian IC, although I'm not sure if the one for Canada would be the
> same as yours. I'll post a request on the West Toronto board and see if
> anybody may be able to help you out.
> btw, where are you located in the Caribbean?
> Cheers!
> Steve Sears
> 1987 Audi 5kTQ
> 1980 Audi 5k
> 1962 and '64 Auto Union DKW Junior deLuxes
> (SPAM Blocker NOTE: Remove SHOES to reply)
>
>
> "Smokin" > wrote in message
> ups.com...
>> HELP, HELP, HELP
>>
>> I need to get a new instrument cluster for my 2000 Audi A4. My local
>> dealer in the Caribbean wants about $US2000 for a replacement.
>>
>> My cluster number is 8D0 920 932G. It is calibrated in Kilometers and
>> has an immobilizer. I am having great difficulty finding it on the net.
>> It is not available in the US, difficult to find in the UK (where the
>> use miles) The Audi dealers in Germany don't stock it.
>>
>> My engine code is APU and that seems to be a northern European spec
>> engine. Why Audi sent cars speced for Finland and Sweden to the
>> Caribbean is another story. Perhaps they know something about global
>> warming we don't.
>>
>> Anyhow I would be most grateful if anyone reading this could help me
>> find a unit from a reputable source.
>>
>> Thanks
>> Simon
>>
>> PS. How the cluster got screwed is yet another story. To cut a long
>> story short - just avoid companies that claim to fix the display LCD
>> for Audi Clusters. They fixed the display but fu.&%(% ed the
>> immobilizer.
>>
>
>

3 words... ebay, eBay, EBAY!>.. I have 5 instrument custers from ebay
ranging from 25 to 50 US... great for spare parts....

Good luck!

Eriik

Hi Erik,

I am an eBay junkie. Looked at eBay USA, UK, Germany, Sweden, Hong
Kong, Singapore and Malaysia. No luck. Even emailed Audi dealers in
Germany.

HI Steve, I don't know about the US clusters. They did not have
imobilizers until recently and will not work in my car. Seems like the
cluster is mated with the ECU and that the ECU is very picky about who
it talks to.

Thanks though.
Simon