[s-cars] 95 S6 Ignition Switch Recall

[Robert Myers]

Right, Dave.  The past participle of the word you're looking for is "scrod".

A replacement starter isn't, as you suggested, a HUGE expense neither 
is a replacement switch.  Under $40 IIRC.

At 02:50 PM 3/22/2007, Dave Forgie wrote:
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>Hmmm... in retrospect, I guess you *might* have done a recall check on
>the S6 cars in general from NHTSA and then gotten a recall compliance
>check on your specific car from Audi to see if they had all been done.
>That would have showed up the "missing" ignition switch replacement -
>and saved you the quagmire you are in now.  But that is in the past.
>
>For now, you can certainly try to get Audi to replace both the ignition
>switch and the starter.  However,  my guess is that they will say they
>will do the switch but it was not their fault that you failed to
>disengage the starter soon enough (that resulted in the starter being
>spun at engine speed).   And that would be your point of debate. Ad
>nausem.
>
>Starters are not that expensive, e.g. FAP99 has them for about $120
>(rebuilt)
>
>http://www.fap99.com/epcvsoapimc.epc?cookieID=21M0VNVYA21M0VOCNE&drillid=8&subcatid=801082@@Starter&clientid=fap99
>
>You can try to get a starter out of Audi but, in the end, I imagine
>that you are just going to have to suck it up and replace it yourself.
>Live and learn.
>
>Dave F.
>
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