Ignition switch?

[Grant Lenahan]

and all porsches up to 2004

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.
>
>