1995 A6 Questions from Cat

[Grant Lenahan]

That's a weird one.
ignition switches are unreliable and weird, but not shifting?

Hmmmm.

Grant
On Feb 15, 2007, at 5:38 PM, Fay Kelley wrote:

> Hi,
>
> When I bought my A6 about a year and a half ago a receipt by previous
> owners said that a few months ago they had replaced the ignition
> switch (along with timing belt) .... we replaced the ignition switch
> twice and I finally took it to the dealership and had the housing and
> ignition switch replaced.
>
> What lead me to do that was that the car doesn't shift to a higher
> gear sometimes.   It seemed to coincide with stopping the car,
> turning it off and restarted it ... then it would run and shift
> correctly.    At one time the ignition switch was very loose and if I
> jiggled it then the car would shift up.   Now if I turn the car off,
> which means step on the brake and put it in park and re-start, most
> of the time that takes care of it ..... but 5% of the time it doens't.
>
> What are the possible causes of this?
>
> Anyone else had this intermittent problem with an A6?
>
> Thanks -
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