Click and Clack Talk Back

["Buchholz, Steven" <Steven.Buchholz@kla-tencor.com>]

Upon Chris Miller's suggestion I forwarded the info on that problem where
the ignition key was stuck in the lock cylinder via the cartalk website.  I
got a very nice response, so I thought I'd post it FYI.  Notice that I
checked the website that they indicated and could not find my note there,
but there was so much babble I could have easily missed it!

Cheers!
Steve Buchholz
San Jose, CA (USA)

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From:  mmalle [SMTP:mmalle@cartalk.com] <mailto:[SMTP:mmalle@cartalk.com]> 
Sent:  Friday, March 12, 1999 5:57 PM
To:  steveb@falcon.kla-tencor.com <mailto:steveb@falcon.kla-tencor.com> 
Subject:  Re: Mail And Chat/Cafe Dartre's Second Opinion Booth

At 05:27 PM 3/9/99 -0500, you wrote:
	>Steve Buchholz (steveb@falcon.kla-tencor.com
<mailto:steveb@falcon.kla-tencor.com> ) sent the following letter
	>(response sent from mmalle@cartalk.com)
<mailto:mmalle@cartalk.com)> .
	>
	>
	>---
	>Greetings!
	>
	>It turns out that a piece of your show that related to the 
	>problems of an unfortunate woman in Palo Alto who could not get 
	>the key out of her Audi (Show #9909 Segment 3) made it to an 
	>e-mail list devoted to the discussion of Audi cars.  It turns out 
	>that I may have stumbled upon the solution to her problem, and so 
	>it was suggested that I send this information back to you.  This 
	>information was obtained from an Audi service document that 
	>describes the changes for the 1991 model year.  Here goes ...
	>
	>=====
	>I also looked up the section on the "Shift Lock III" and it may 
	>have the answer for that poor lady in Palo Alto who called Click 
	>and Clack with the key stuck in the ignition on her car ... to 
	>quote the document "A new Shift Lock III system is used on the 
	>1991 V8 Quattro, Audi 80 and Audi 90 models equipped with a 
	>4-speed automatic transmission.  With this new additional system 
	>the ignition key cannot be removed from the ignition switch until 
	>the shift lever is placed in PARK.  This helps insure that the 
	>vehicle is never left with the transmission out of PARK."  
	>Apparently there is a Bowden cable assembly that interconnects 
	>the shift lock to the ignition key lock cylinder which is stated 
	>as being a mechanical system that works in addition to the 
	>electrically operated shift lock mechanism.  Anyone want to bet 
	>that the lady never tried putting the tranny into PARK?
	>=====
	>
	>Of course it may be just as likely that the mechanism needs to be 
	>adjusted or is broken.  Frankly, I'm surprised that her Audi 
	>mechanic did not appear to even know about this!
	>
	>In the event that you or any of your listeners/readers are 
	>interested in that e-mail list ... there are a whole bunch of 
	>Audi fans all over the world on the list ... to get more 
	>information about it they should check www.audifans.com
<http://www.audifans.com>  on the 
	>WWW.  
	>
	>Best regards,
	>Steve Buchholz
	>San Jose, CA (USA)
	>---
	>
	>
	>
Dear Steve,
Hmmm...
Please go to the Car Talk website at http://cartalk.cars.com/
<http://cartalk.cars.com/>   and click on Mail and Chat for Cafe Dartre's
Second Opinion Booth to post your excellent comments.
Thanks for listening and writing a great letter to share your extremely
helpful Audi information.
We appreciate your very useful feedback, including the Audi enthusiasts'
website. Tom's wife recently purchased a new Audi 4, and she loves it(even
in the snow).  Stay tuned!!

				With unmuffled regards,

				Department of Unwarranted Transmissions