Audi RS5 SBWhat are you getting to replace it?
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Audi RS5 SBWhat are you getting to replace it?
Audi RS5 SB
As much as I loved the car dynamics, I hated the build quality and especially customer care.
Audi RS5 SB
Is that what you’re getting? Awesome choice, it’s a brutal vehicle with insane build quality.
I ended up buying an A5 to save/invest money and bridge the gap until e-tron GT arrives. Perfect enough for my needs. And well, if that ends up being garbage, I can wait for a few more years, too until Taycan comes down to below $100k
I completely agree with you.
This is not how i envisioned a car company treat its customers who purchased a car which have price tags close to ours.
Definitely a complete different experience taking my Tesla In vs a Benz S65.
Even on my brothers Lexus they offered to replace the anti glare on his screen because it was fading for free, no questions asked, no "good will service".
I have said this many times, and a lot of tesla owners will agree, Love the car, Detest the company, as they have no idea how to keep customers happy, and think video games and fart machines will keep us silent.
nice... there was times where i regret getting my car and not a RS7... sigh....
It would of still been cheaper then my P100D.
My late 2016 Model S was one of the earlier cars to exhibit the infamous yellow ring on the 17” MCU screen. I had it replaced early on, right before my warranty expired, before the prevalence of the problem was really known. Now about a year and a half later, the replacement screen has once again yellowed and I’m well out of warranty, about to turn 100,000 miles. I’m far from a service center, have no idea if Tesla would charge me for the UV treatment, if they even have the tool, and frankly don’t have the time or interest to fight with their service organization about it.
But hey, it’s just UV light, right? How hard could this be? I did a little research and determined that most adhesives for glass bonding are cured with UV light in the 365-400nm range. After a little poking around on Amazon looking for a reasonably powerful light in that spectrum, I settled on this bad boy for $35: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07MDWKNMK
It arrived the next day and I set out to fashion a rig of sorts (read: stack of cardboard boxes) to position the light in front of the screen and see what happened. I took some basic precautions to cover the dash with towels - didn’t want to risk yellowing the lacquer on the wood dash parts or anything.
Long story short, it’s dark now so hard to know for certain but first impression is that after 4 hours of baking the yellowing is dramatically reduced, but not quite gone. I’m going to examine things in the daylight tomorrow and based on what I see do another 4-6 hours and reassess. As of now I’m quite pleased with the results for $35 and am reasonably certain it will get even better with a little more time.
Before:
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Shots of my “rig”:
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After:
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I know it’s kinda hard to see the results in the pics, but it looks markedly better in person. Will try and get some better shots tomorrow.
your one of the lucky few.
Just came back from service.
They got rid of the yellow borders, the screen is clear again.
I got my HW3 update, had to calibrate the sensors all over again which was a pain in the butt, but just took the car driving on the freeway for about 20 miles and that calibrated it.
(i highly recommend you calibrate it on the freeway, as on local streets, the sensors seem to crawl vs the freeway)
Was told no fix for the IC, i could try back in a few months, but meh, honestly the yellow borders on the IC is very faint and almost unnoticeable compared to the MCU. So i guess i can wait, my car is warranted for the next 7 yrs anyhow with the tesla extended warranty.
For those of you who would like a nice DIY solution to the yellow border problem... here is an interesting fix!
Cross-post from ucmndd: DIY UV Treatment for Yellowed MCU Screen
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07MDWKNMK?tag=tmc064-20
The new UV treatment (and snippits of info from SC) indicates the issue is epoxy yellowing due to Oxygen exposure plus temperature. Root cause on that is either material selection, curing, or secondary sealing.
nope, still an issue with many folks.This thread has died. Has something changed?
This thread has died. Has something changed?
If you have the issue, try to get an appointment with your SC for them to remediate the issue. It's been very effective for most of those having the service performed.This thread has died. Has something changed?
Nope, taking my off warranty S for UV treatment on Thursday under "good will"This thread has died. Has something changed?
This would be the first case of a ‘self-healing’ display that I’ve heard of.I'm not sure if it really means much of anything, but the yellow ring of inadequacy on my MCU1 has faded to the point that you can't see it any longer. I didn't do anything different or have it "repaired", though it was a lot less severe than some of the pictures I've seen of others.