[Vwdiesel] TDI electrical weirdness--hopefully the end of the matter

[Erik Lane]

On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 9:43 PM, S. Shourds <sshourds at flash.net> wrote:
> Bryan Belman wrote:
>  > I has issues similar to this with cheap aftermarket
>  > $12 ignition switches for my Audi 200 gasser.  They
>  > would last 8 months to a year plus and start to act
>  > up.
>  >
>  >
>
>
>  That's exactly what I had going on here.  Called the supplier, they said
>  it came from a major VW OEM parts supplier.  I'm thinking it must not be
>  a major supplier of electrical components.  Maybe they're the ones that
>  make the armrests and glove boxes  Good news is they'll refund my money.
>
>
>  I forgot to thank the list for the responses.  I guess Erik gets the
>  cigar for the solution that worked in the end.  I sometimes will
>  cross-post a question to TDIclub, but I don't get nearly the kind of
>  help I get from this much smaller list.
>
>
>  -Shalyn


I'm glad it worked for you!!! I've been doing that to fix switches for
many years, and it will take care of most of them. One time I decided
to do it right and replace the heater fan switch in my Jetta. Within a
week the new one was having problems. I took it apart to see what was
going on and it was HORRIBLY corroded inside. I took it back and they
said that they see that fairly regularly, even though they're new,
because they're old stock. I got my money back and repaired mine. If
I'm going to be scraping contacts I'll do it on my own free one
instead of the expensive new one, thank you very much!! :) Though it
was from Halsey Import, so it wasn't all THAT expensive...

Erik