Annoying trivia....

[Jas11n]

Going the upset the apple cart here. My bro's 1995 S2 Coupe also has the 10 minute timed HRW switch................but no aircon .

Audi! don't you just love em

[terrybullwon]

Can anybody explain why my 1995 N reg avant has the abs cancel switch ?
As far as I can tell it dose not appear to have been retro fitted.

cheers

rich

I would not moan, does it work

[S2central.net]

MY95 S2 Avant ABS is same as 1994 S2 Coupe -

http://www.s2central.net/S2_Schematics/C/C31.PDF

[S2central.net]

Uhhhhhhhhhhh no that is inconsistent by a long way... Just double-checked MY95 Avant quattro schematics - no ABS cancel switch fitted by the factory.

Never mind the 'N' reg - what is the cars VIN year code - 'S' or what ?

Paul

[rj scotty]

Can anybody explain why my 1995 N reg avant has the abs cancel switch ?
As far as I can tell it dose not appear to have been retro fitted.

cheers

rich

[LHD_Kid]

Yep - That 10min timer is a side effect of aircon - my 1994 ABY does that. Nout to do with the oddball MY95 wiring changes.

Unless you have a Euro spec 3B with air con...... then it still has the push on and it stays until you turn it off.... Unless you mean after MY94.......
I would like to change it to turn off, I am forever forgetting to turn it off....!!!!
Chris

Great, that's cleared that up then
Good to know I don't have strange wiring.

Jase..

you will be able to sleep now

[Jas11n]

Great, that's cleared that up then
Good to know I don't have strange wiring.

Jase..

[S2central.net]

Yep - That 10min timer is a side effect of aircon - my 1994 ABY does that. Nout to do with the oddball MY95 wiring changes.

@Nefarious - both your cars are very late in 1995 with a VIN in excess of 3000 so the newer wiring must apply to those. I think its bizarre that Audi introduced such a thing so late in the year - so late in the model lifetime... Obviously the change control department was completely outta whack from Marketing who probably knew that manufacturing would be stopped relatively soon. Odd. Very odd...

[s2avant]

The HRW switch with 10 minute cut off was used on models with AC. My S2 (MY94) has it but my MY95 TDi doesn't.

Ben

I was told this has something to do with why my heated rear screen switches off in my 1995 S2 (8B S 001774) automatically after exactly ten minutes (cross over wiring) and other earlier S2 don't (ie you have to switch it off manually)

lol... that just makes it even more confusing, since your vin is older than the cut-off at 3001, not newer.

I think Audi just do this stuff while they are on morning coffee break: "what can we do today to frustrate pedantic club members in 15 years time?"

[Jas11n]

I was told this has something to do with why my heated rear screen switches off in my 1995 S2 (8B S 001774) automatically after exactly ten minutes (cross over wiring) and other earlier S2 don't (ie you have to switch it off manually)
Earlier switches = press in, stays in, press again and comes back out,
Mine = press in, comes right back out, and switches off after 10 mins.

Sound about right?

To my info, the change occurs at 8B-S-003001 - that is the end of MY95 - hence middle of 1995 on the calendar.

..but, I've got two "S" MY95 cars here, both with numbers higher than 3001 ;-/

was the change part way through the model year?

[s2avant]

The MY95 stuff isn't exactly the same as the B5 A4 but it shares a fair bit in common with it. From experience it is almost a hybrid of MY94 B4 and MY95 B5 wiring. It probably came about from the ECU and engine changes and then spread out from there.

The same thing happened with the last of the Audi Cabriolets. Some of them have very strange combinations of parts to make the later engine electronics work in the earlier chassis. E.G some have 2 different MFTS fitted so the car only uses one circuit of each

It's also interesting to note that the B5 RS4 is shares wiring in common with a MY98 A4 as opposed to the equivalent MY00 A4 that was out.

Ben

[S2central.net]

ok, thanks

I was starting to wonder if there was some change to the tint or the brightness of the illumination, or the graphics, or somesuch.

so they are generally not plug-compatible, but otherwise look the same cosmetically?

Paul, are you sure we are talking about the same thing though, because it is not the prefixes that change, but just all the suffixes that increment up by one letter (I still think it is at the start of MY95)?

To my info, the change occurs at 8B-S-003001 - that is the end of MY95 - hence middle of 1995 on the calendar.

Yes I see the suffixes change too - does imply pin changes on some items - I can check as I'll be doing schematics for 1995-1996 soon.