Changed Broken Ignition Switch 1996 A6!!

Maini · 07-02-2002, 02:17 PM

Hi! Thanks to this forum, I was able to execute the switch change Flawlessly in about 30 minutes. COntribution from the forum were perfect. In my analysis of the broken switch... the spring itself broke the plastic casing and caused me all the grief. Switch Bought from Clair Parts for about $27 and the dealer wanted $300 to do the whole job. THANKS!! Guys

Malcolm100CSq · 07-02-2002, 02:48 PM

MikTip · 07-02-2002, 05:24 PM

TimI · 07-03-2002, 09:39 AM

I'm facing the same repair myself (since my '97 isn't covered under the recall even though it's the same switch).

Maini · 07-03-2002, 09:43 AM

TimI · 07-03-2002, 04:15 PM

Searched 100-A6 forums, came up with 36 results, but no instructions.

Wagonmann · 07-03-2002, 08:03 PM

Follow Beep-beep's procedure to remove the dash. Link below. Remove the two screws under the instrument panel. remove the shelf. Take out the instrument panel, there are three screws, just unplug everything and remove it from the car, it can only go back together one way (except the wiring harnesses are attached to the dash assbly w/a zip tie, unzip tie it with a small flat blade). Watch out for the two small light bulbs, make sure you get them back in correctly (actually, mine were color coded).
Be really careful with the dash. I had to do the beep-beep dash light repair afterwards and also lost one tach light??? Related? I don't know.
Unplug the ignition switch, it just pulls off, and there are two small screws on either side of the plastic switch, they go down and are under the red plastic paint, loosen them and the assembly slides out and the new one slides in (very small flat blade to unscrew). I spend at least an hour looking at it, trying to figure out which part matched the one in my hand that I was going to replace it with and where were those two damn screws (under some plasticized red paint). Actually, I think I could do it now in not over 1/2 hour, and without unpluging the dash assbly, but this is now, and that was then.
Sit back, drink your favorite beverage and think about the $180 you just saved.
Jim
'97 A6qw
Quattro Value Package

http://amnesi.com/others/backlight/index.html

r@fink · 07-06-2002, 09:45 AM

Yours looks alot like mine did.

TimI · 07-08-2002, 10:43 AM

Now I just have to find a Radio Shack or similar that carries the temp display bulbs so I don't have to do this twice.

07-02-2002, 02:17 PM	#1
Maini Audiworld Junior Member Account #: 38404 Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 796	Changed Broken Ignition Switch 1996 A6!! Hi! Thanks to this forum, I was able to execute the switch change Flawlessly in about 30 minutes. COntribution from the forum were perfect. In my analysis of the broken switch... the spring itself broke the plastic casing and caused me all the grief. Switch Bought from Clair Parts for about $27 and the dealer wanted $300 to do the whole job. THANKS!! Guys __________________ 2001 A6 2.7T Black/Black 91,000 miles Previous faithful Audi 1996 A6 quattro Sold 92,000 miles 01/05

07-02-2002, 02:48 PM	#2
Malcolm100CSq Junior Member Account #: 30752 Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 600	Good work, Maini ! If you haven't yet, be sure to get a Bentley- It will pay for itself __________________ Malcolm in Candler, North Carolina 1993 100CS quattro sedan, black Autobox, travertine leather, 115K miles Clear corners, de-badged (except rings) Remote entry/locking converted to RF

07-02-2002, 05:24 PM	#3
MikTip Member Account #: 6607 Join Date: Jun 2000 Posts: 29,371	Look like so? __________________ 2004 A4 1.8t USP Quattro 6MT Spec's Stage 2+ with OEM DMFW HJS Tuning HFC Jet-Hot Cermi-coated & ported exhaust manifold. K04-15/GIAC/TT 225 Injectors/Thermal Race/710N/Ecodes/RaceTec FMIC Neuspeed TIP/Neuspeed Snub/Optima 75-35/AFE Pro-Dry AMS Short-shift @ %40 redux(Sweet!) H&R Sport Springs/Bilstein Sport Shocks H-Sport Anti-Sway bars 19x9.5 RS6's/Goodyear Eagle F1 Skins 365mm B7 RS4 brakes Escort 9500ix

07-03-2002, 09:39 AM	#4
TimI New Member Account #: 13778 Join Date: Dec 2000 Posts: 196	Do you have a link to a thread with instructions/hints? I'm facing the same repair myself (since my '97 isn't covered under the recall even though it's the same switch). __________________ Tim Irwin '97 A6q Wagon (RIP) '94 Miata R Kent, WA Fun with four wheels

07-03-2002, 09:43 AM	#5
Maini Audiworld Junior Member Account #: 38404 Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 796	Try searching with Ignition switch in the field... that is what I did.. __________________ 2001 A6 2.7T Black/Black 91,000 miles Previous faithful Audi 1996 A6 quattro Sold 92,000 miles 01/05

07-03-2002, 04:15 PM	#6
TimI New Member Account #: 13778 Join Date: Dec 2000 Posts: 196	Didn't find any actual instructions Searched 100-A6 forums, came up with 36 results, but no instructions. __________________ Tim Irwin '97 A6q Wagon (RIP) '94 Miata R Kent, WA Fun with four wheels

07-03-2002, 08:03 PM	#7
Wagonmann Junior Member Account #: 31545 Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 638	Replace the ignition switch: Follow Beep-beep's procedure to remove the dash. Link below. Remove the two screws under the instrument panel. remove the shelf. Take out the instrument panel, there are three screws, just unplug everything and remove it from the car, it can only go back together one way (except the wiring harnesses are attached to the dash assbly w/a zip tie, unzip tie it with a small flat blade). Watch out for the two small light bulbs, make sure you get them back in correctly (actually, mine were color coded). Be really careful with the dash. I had to do the beep-beep dash light repair afterwards and also lost one tach light??? Related? I don't know. Unplug the ignition switch, it just pulls off, and there are two small screws on either side of the plastic switch, they go down and are under the red plastic paint, loosen them and the assembly slides out and the new one slides in (very small flat blade to unscrew). I spend at least an hour looking at it, trying to figure out which part matched the one in my hand that I was going to replace it with and where were those two damn screws (under some plasticized red paint). Actually, I think I could do it now in not over 1/2 hour, and without unpluging the dash assbly, but this is now, and that was then. Sit back, drink your favorite beverage and think about the $180 you just saved. Jim '97 A6qw Quattro Value Package http://amnesi.com/others/backlight/index.html

07-06-2002, 09:45 AM	#8
r@fink New Member Account #: 24553 Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 36	Re: Changed Broken Ignition Switch 1996 A6!! Yours looks alot like mine did. __________________ r@fink '97 A6 Quattro

07-08-2002, 10:43 AM	#9
TimI New Member Account #: 13778 Join Date: Dec 2000 Posts: 196	Thanks a lot Now I just have to find a Radio Shack or similar that carries the temp display bulbs so I don't have to do this twice. __________________ Tim Irwin '97 A6q Wagon (RIP) '94 Miata R Kent, WA Fun with four wheels

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