Ignition switch?

[Grant Lenahan]

yea, but which are good?

My two German made OEM switches lasted ~ 1year each.

The chinese made replacement is still going strong several years later

Go figure

Grant

Tony Hoffman wrote:
> And on that note, check the brand and place of manufacture when you
> buy parts for these cars. You can quite often put a new part in that's
> worse than the original. BTDT several times. That's one of the reasons
> I like AutohausAZ, they list the brand with the part.
>
> As for the problem, check for power coming from the switch that goes
> to the starter. You can check it at the switch, or out by the starter.
> This would confirm wether it's the starter or the switch. Certainly
> sounds like the typical switch failure to me, though.
>
> Tony
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 8:44 AM, Andrew Duane <aduane at juniper.net> wrote:
>   
>> My mother's '97 A4Q went through two or three ignition switches about
>> two years ago; the first one did exactly this, and the replacement
>> seemed to have the same problem.
>>
>> /Andrew
>>
>>     
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