[s-cars] S4 Won't Start

[Karl N. Matthias]

Bill,

Hadn't thought of the possibility of the ignition switch itself being the
culprit.  A search on THAT returned a fair number of results, one of which
was:

http://www.audi-quattro.org/cgi-bin/twiki/view/Audi/ReplacingTheIgnitionSwitch

Seems like I'll investigate the starter a little and then head down the
ignition switch route.  Anyone else had a similar problem which WASN'T the
ignition switch?  Thanks

Karl

> Karl bummed ~
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> ".S4 won't start, but the battery is fine, the key turns in the
> ignition, and I push-started it to get it home and that all went fine.
> There is no noise at all from the starter, no click from the solenoid,
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> nothing.  ."
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> Karl,
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> IME this sounds like the guaranteed to fail eventually ignition switch,
> unbeknownst to you, remained in the start position, thus causing the
> starter to fail.
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> Solution is a new ignition switch ($35+/-) new /rebuilt starter ($135??)
> and a couple hours repair time, okay maybe three first time thru.
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> There is a nice write up or two or three somewhere on this.. but I
> forget where.  Search again or I'm sure some smart soul can post a link.
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> HTH
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> Bill m
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