[s-cars] Ignition switch problems

[Ian Duff]

The ignition switch is in two parts, the tumbler part that reads your key, and the electrical part behind it that activated the starter, runs the electrical stuff, etc.

It's quite common for the electrical bit to slowly fail, which is what it sounds like yours is doing. Replacements for the electrical part are not un-Godly expensive, in the Audi scheme of things, and are tolerably doable to replace on your own.

My guess is Librarian Forgie has a full write-up on quattroworld.

-Ian Duff.

On 31 May, 2012, at 15:27, Keith Franchetti wrote:

> Hi All-
> 
> My 95.5 S6 ignition switch is sticky and not working properly.  Seems to be
> getting worse by the day.  Feels like something is not aligning properly.
> Sometimes it's hard to pull key out, and radio stays on when I do.  I have
> to keep it turned more forcefully to left as I pull key out, and even then
> sometimes the little switch inside sticks and radio stays on, and chime
> sounds when I open door, as car thinks key is still in.  I've sprayed a bit
> of Boshield in there--terrible idea???  Didn't help much.  Now the spring
> load mechanism seems a little twisted, as I have to physcially turn key
> back to left a little after starting car.  If I don't, the climate control
> system doesn't come on.  Is this all a well-known issue?  Is it going to
> keep getting worse?
> 
> Also, on a totally different topic, all this talk of the timing sensory key
> falling out--and the fact that it should be pre-emptively welded in better
> so that doesn't happen--has me a little spooked.  I don't really know how
> to find that item.  Will my local shop specializing in Audis be likely to
> know how to do this?  I'm thinking ahead to the family vacation this
> summer.  After the Thanksgiving fiasco (where I threw the spark plug), if I
> strand them again, imagine my Audi future!  Thanks for a little more
> enlightenment on this topic too!
> 
> Keith Franchetti
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