[s-cars] Ignition Switch Part Number?

[James Bowes]

Anyone ever tried installing a starter button? I think that if properly
done it could be kinda fun. 

-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Green [mailto:trgreen at comcast.net] 
Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2004 3:53 PM
To: James Bowes
Cc: 'Pasqualoni, James E'; s-car-list at audifans.com; wenoland at pacbell.net
Subject: Re: [s-cars] Ignition Switch Part Number?

James, I wonder if your car may have been done before, and dropped off 
the eligible list?  If you can do it yourself, it's not worth a big 
hassle.
Ok, here we are full circle.  See:  
http://www.elektro.com/~audi/ignswitch/      It is a $15 part and not a 
difficult job.  Just check your instrument lights and replace bulbs 
while you have the cluster out.  Put in the 2W bulbs while you are at 
it. Everyone is selling them now, so they are less than $1 ea.  See:  
<www.urs4.com> .   How easy is all this?  Well, Prof.  Forgie did it.  
So did Baloney.  Me too. Ok?

Tom '95 S6

On Aug 5, 2004, at 4:26 PM, James Bowes wrote:

> I tried to get this part replaced under the recall on my 95.5 S6.
> Somehow my car didn't show up on their computers as being part of the
> recall, even though it's clearly within the VIN range and definitely 
> has
> the problem. I talked and talked with their reps, and they would NOT 
> NOT
> NOT help me out. I even sent a letter to Audi corporate, and they
> referred it to customer service. They promptly called me and said that

> I
> was fighting a lost cause. I threatened to sue, and they told me that
I
> was welcome to try.
>
> Any advice on this one? How hard is it to change out that switch? I'm
> not enthused about hiring a lawyer to save 20 bucks, but if it's
> expensive then maybe I should.
>
> A second thought, anyone out there who's received similar treatment
> should give me an email and we'll set up a class action lawsuit. Get
> some punitive damages as well for the decrease in our safety.
>
> Audi makes great cars, but they're a bunch of total creeps.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: s-car-list-bounces+thermobob=hotmail.com at audifans.com
> [mailto:s-car-list-bounces+thermobob=hotmail.com at audifans.com] On 
> Behalf
> Of Pasqualoni, James E
> Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2004 3:18 PM
> To: 'Tom Green'; s-car-list at audifans.com
> Cc: wenoland at pacbell.net
> Subject: RE: [s-cars] Ignition Switch Part Number?
>
> Tom Green informed:
>
> KB14 is the recall code for 1994 Audi 100, S4 and called for
> replacement parts ignition switch 8A0 905 851L.  "Replace ignition
> switch, wash/vacuum vehicle; provide loaner, if necessary"  They won't
> do vehicles outside the VIN range or pay for duplicate repairs, but
> "Dealers are to service each vehicle subject to this recall regardless
> of mileage, age of the vehicle or selling dealer,from this time
> forward."
> Now, given all that, there have been reports of replacement switches
> having suffix codes varying from the above and the "J" for S6 models
> with resulting radio power different than before the change.  Hope
this
> confuses things enough ?
>
> Tom '95 S6
>
> Tom-I think you may have shed light on a problem I have been pursuing
> since
> I bought my S6.  Do you believe this means that the problem I'm having
> with
> my radio not coming on and turning off with the ignition (and
> frustratingly
> the radio turns off after an hour all the time-thinks it's running on
> reserve power) and the GALA not functioning may be the result of an
> incorrect ignition switch?
>
> I love this list!
>
> Thanks,
> Jim 95.5 S6 Avant
>
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