97A6Q wont give me the key

[Eric Langheinrich]

Frank,

I've had the same problem with my '96 A6. I know that the key is not 
supposed to release unless the transmission is in park (*there is a 
mechanism that links to the ignition*). At the same time I was having a lot 
of trouble with the car not releasing my key, I also was having trouble with 
the return spring not working correctly, so the key wouldn't fall back to 
the run position, but would rather sit at the crank position. After having 
the return spring replaced it seems much better. Of course, at the time you 
are removing the ignition switch to do any work on it, you might just 
consider replacing the ignition switch all together. The mid 90's A6s are 
notorious for bad ignition switches. My mother in law has a 97 A6 and has 
had to have the switch replaced at least twice.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <walian at att.net>
To: <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Sunday, December 19, 2004 6:19 PM
Subject: 97A6Q wont give me the key


Hello all,

  My audi has started to refuse to give me my key back. I Have tried 
wiggling and juggling the steering but it doesn't want to give me back the 
key all the time. I usually have to repark the car upto 5-6 times before it 
gives me the key back. Any Ideas to what the problem may be? What would it 
take to fix the problem other than a new car?

Thanks

Frank
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