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Ignition switch/No start gremlin 900 1993

posted by  rwvolvo on  Tue Oct 27 12:05 CST 2009
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Our 1993 940 is not starting unless I hold the ignition switch in the start position and wiggle it a little until it makes contact. This does not happen all the time and once the car is warm it seems to start without playing the switch. I think I have read on the list that the instruments and radio may act weird with a bad switch but have not read that the car would not start with a bad switch. Today I had the same problem: got the car started by rocking the switch in the start position but then it stalled twice, the radio presets were gone when I got it going again, so all power was lost to the instruments. I'm pretty sure this is bad switch but wanted to make sure there was not some other possible problem I may be overlooking. (Bad relay?) If I play with the switch when the car is running I cannot get it to stall nor the instrument lights to come on etc. FCP and IPD want $95. for a new switch has anybody priced one at a dealer lately?






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