100S no start

[Grant Lenahan]

IGNITION SWICH.
IGNITION SWICH.
IGNITION SWICH.
IGNITION SWICH.
IGNITION SWICH.

No, i'm not being redundant. That's how many I've replaced.

Grant
On Dec 11, 2007, at 7:24 AM, Kent McLean wrote:

> Adding to my tale of Audi woes...
>
> This morning my 100S Avant wouldn't start.  It had been sitting for
> months while I drove my 200 TQA. On Saturday, it started right up.
> Great car. I drove it to work yesterday; no problem. Drove home; no
> problem. Went to start it this morning; problem.
>
> Turn the key -- nothing. Not even a click.  Giving it the headlight  
> test
> confused me.  I turned on the headlights, and only the parking lights
> came on. I turned the key and the headlights came on. Turned the  
> key to
> start, and the headlights went out.  AAA tried to jump start it  
> with one
> of those portable batteries. Same behavior. I had them tow it to NEA.
>
> My guesses right now: bad starter (which I think I replaced within the
> past year), or bad ignition switch (which I replaced just before
> replacing the starter).
>
> Now I'm giving serious thought to Honda and Toyota.  Someone please  
> tell
> me which Audi model I should get that I can count on to start and  
> get me
> home.
>
> -- 
> Kent McLean
> '91 200 TQA #1, not for sale (not yet)
> '94 100 S Avant, "Moody" becoming "Old Faithful"
> '91 200 TQA #2, up in smoke 2
> '89 200 TQ, "Bad Puppy", up in smoke
>
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