[s-cars] Climate control acting strange

[Jared Robinson]

I bought the Meyle to cheaply diagnose a problem.
My key springs back fine.

On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 7:48 PM, Tom Green <trgreen at comcast.net> wrote:

> Maloney is playing jeopardy-fills in the blanks with little
> information from the
> sender, and answers fast with best guess.  A symptom of the problem of
> listers asking for a solution without giving any basic information.
>
> You are correct that the ignition switch failure gives other symptoms
> with all
> the c/c functions inoperative.  The power windows and sunroof,
> headlights,
> etc, are all things to suggest you don't want to go motoring yet.  The
> failure
> of the key to spring back from the start position is the real clue,
> which you
> can remedy for the moment by manually helping the key back to run
> position.
> My key just quit with no prior symptoms, just would not operate
> starter.  Yes,
> push to start worked fine, just very inconvenient in mall parking lot.
>
> The Meyle as a spare only insures you will get to do the switch
> replacement
> twice, probably in short order.
>
> Tom
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2009 15:30:11 -0400
> > From: Jared Robinson <chapel976 at gmail.com>
> > Subject: Re: [s-cars] Climate control acting strange
> > To: Bill Mahoney <wmahoney at disk.com>
> > Cc: s-car-list at audifans.com
> > Message-ID:
> >       <454331ae0907071230i4587424ah2e1c671bfa254ddb at mail.gmail.com>
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> >
> > also, I carry a spare Meyle ($5 one) just in case...
> >
> > Are there any other symptoms I should be aware of?
> > Why would the ignition switch cause only the Temp Up and Auto button
> > not to
> > work for the first 8 miles of my trip but not the other buttons?
> >
> > On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 3:28 PM, Jared Robinson <chapel976 at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> My ignition switch is new within a year.
> >>
> >>
> >> On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 1:24 PM, Bill Mahoney <wmahoney at disk.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> This is a symptom of an ignition switch going south.
> >>>
> >>> IIRC, when it does, it generally takes the starter with it with high
> >>> probability of leaving you stranded.
> >>>
> >>> My .002
> >>>
> >>> Bill~S Car Jeopardy Player~M
>
>
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-- 
Jared Robinson