[s-cars] Re: S-CAR-List digest, Vol 1 #1474 - 16 msgs

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In a message dated 5/27/2003 6:40:15 PM Central Daylight Time,
s-car-list-request at audifans.com writes:

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> From: "Fifield, Douglas" <Douglas.Fifield at TENNANTCO.com>
> To: "'s-car-list at audifans.com'" <s-car-list at audifans.com>
> Date: Tue, 27 May 2003 15:43:57 -0500
> Subject: [s-cars] Climate Control Weirdness
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> Oh, Audi guru's,
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> I am seeing random occurrences of a perplexing problem.  Three times now, I
> have turned on my 95.5 S6 Avant, and the climate control display is blank,
> as is the outside air temp display.  On one occurrence, the turn signals did
> not work either (this may have been the case in the other two occurrences -
> didn't test).
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> The first time it happened, I thought "fuse" and pulled over.  Located the
> 30-amp fuse for the climate system, pulled it, it looked good, replaced it,
> started the car, and everything was fine again.  The second time, did the
> same (car still running this time), no joy.  Turned car off and on, and
> bingo, AC worked.  Third time I saw it, I just turned the car off, and then
> back on again.  Haven't a clue as to what's going on.
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> Anybody else seen this?  Any ideas of what it might be?  Fix?
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> Douglas, perplexed in MN
> 95.5 //S6Avant - mine
> 98 Mercury Mountaineer - her work sled
> 98 Toyota RAV4 - for sale
> 73 BMW R60/5 - lonely in the garage
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My turn:

I had something similar with a Porsche.  It was the ignition switch going
bad.  To prove it (at least in my car) when the functions went away I did not
shut off the car but merely wiggled the key back and forth, up and down.  When
the features came back the car went into the shop.  You surely don't want the
switch to die where your only option is to call for a tow!

Good luck

Mark
95.5 S6 near Chicago, the home of Meigs