[s-cars] HELP! Audi gods at work

[bob.rossato at att.net]

This is a classic sign of a stuck ignition switch.  Just turn the switch back slightly after starting the car and you will have power to all those items.  While in the start position the X-Cutout relay cuts off power to high drain items so that you have as much battery power as possible for starting.  

The electrical half of the ignition switch has cracked and expanded slightly where it meets the mechanical half, and it's preventing it from disengaging from the start position.  This means you can fry your starter if you are not careful about it, so go get a new switch at the dealer and replace it as soon as you get a chance.  In the meantime make sure you turn it back slightly each time.

Bob

-------------- Original message from "jpb3wvu at frontiernet.net" : -------------- 

> All, 
> 
> Today the gods have finally struck! I have not had one 
> electrical problem with my S6 until now but my luck has changed 
> for the worse I beleive. 
> 
> I got in to run and get some lunch and found out that my Climate 
> Control as well as both my turn signals and windshield wipers 
> are inoperable. If I turn the key to the acc position and don't 
> engage the starter then everything works, as soon as I crank the 
> car and start the engine the turn signals and windshield wipers 
> don't work and the Climate Control is blank. It only happens 
> while the car is running, if I don't start it everything 
> works??????? Since it is raining pretty hard right now I 
> haven't checked the fuses but I cannot drive home w/o the 
> wipers! It doesn't seem like a fuse to me though since it works 
> except when the motor is running? Any ideas on what the hell is 
> going on with the electrics? Also, even though the turn signals 
> don't work the Cruise Control still does. 
> 
> Thanks for any insight. 
> 
> john-trying to get home in the rain. 
> 
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