Ignition switch?

[Kent McLean]

Robert Myers wrote:
> At 09:39 AM 4/3/2009, Peter Orban wrote:
>> Hello Everyone,
>>
>> I have an '03 Passat, V6, 5SPM. Every now and then the car just does 
>> not start when I turn the key. If I turn the ignition off and try 
>> again, then it usually starts. I suspect the ignition switch. The 
>> battery is also the original.
>> I remember reading on this forum that some Audi models (A6?) like to 
>> have their ignition switch replaced regularly. Does anyone know 
>> which model(s) is (are) that?
> 
> Just the ones with four rings.  ;-)

He ain't kidding. In my experience, he 100/200/v8 from 89-94, and the 100
(and probably A6) from 94-on.  And I've read reports of the 80/90 and
others.

As I write this I have one sitting in my car to replace the one in the
200 20V TQA #3, and I bet my "new" '90 V8 will need one.

Word to the wise: get the Audi OEM one, not an after market one.

-- 
Kent McLean
1999 A4 Avant, V6 Tiptronic
1991 200 TQA #3, with mods
soon-to-be-mine 1990 V8 w/5-speed and other mods
gone: '91 200 TQA x2, '94 100 S Avant, '89 200 TQ