[s-cars] Ignition switch problems

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The switch should be well under $50. There is a writeup in the FAQ on QW. 



On May 31, 2012, at 3:34 PM, Ian Duff <ian at inside-overlap.com> wrote:

> 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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