C4 no start

[Grant Lenahan]

If its the switch, why would a jump fix it?

Yes, the switches fail all the time. But something doesnt wound right.

Grant
On Feb 6, 2010, at 2:17 PM, Kent McLean wrote:

> Steve Meyer wrote:
>> Story is...I jumped it, ran it around for an half hour, then it just stopped
>> at at a stop sign. Nothing, no door chime, no hazard lights...nothing. Jumped
>> it again and drove it home. Turned it off and nothing again. My guess is
>> alternator, anything else?
> 
> Why the alternator?  If it's dead and you killed the battery,
> the car wouldn't start again. Jumping it with a dead battery
> means the alternator is working to keep the car running.
> 
> No door chime, no hazard lights... Are any other things not working?
> My first guess would be the ignition switch is dead/dying. Lot's of
> funky things happen with a bad ignition switch. It's fairly easy to
> replace. Get an OEM Audi part, as the after market pieces seem to
> fail within months.
> 
> Here's a link to the old Twiki page. I guess I should update
> this one, as it affects a lot of people (more than once).
> 
> <http://www.audifans.com/old_wiki_content/IgnitionSwitchReplacementC4.txt>
> 
> -- 
> Kent McLean
> 1990 V8 w/5-speed and other mods
> 1991 200 TQA #3, with mods
> 1999 A4 Avant, V6 Tiptronic
> gone: '91 200 TQA x2, '94 100 S Avant, '89 200 TQ "Bad Puppy"
> 
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