Ignition switch?

[Robert Myers]

You are right, Kent.  I was trying to say it in a humorous way but I 
was deadly serious.  The Audi ignition switches appear to be designed 
as a use once and discard product.  Kinda like a Kleenex, dontcha know.


At 12:33 PM 4/3/2009, Kent McLean wrote:
>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
>
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