Dan, The first thing you may want to do is check the terminals of the battery, clean them with electrical contact cleaner and a wire brush. Then be sure to use a dab of Di-Electric grease on the contacts.
If the those wires are coroded and brittle you may want to replace the wires with some heavy gauge wire, just to eliminate all probability of bad grounds. If that still doesn't solve the problem then you may want to change the ignition switch. Mark Reda. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2003 4:20 PM Subject: [a2-16v-list] Electrical Problems > Hello Everyone! > > This is my first post. I've been on the list for a while and find it a > valuable resource for information. > > I've got a 90 16V GTI with about 260k. The last couple of days the power to > most of my dash functions (wipers, headlights, fan, etc...) has been > failing on me on and off. Today it's gotten worse, and none of the items > mentioned above work! > > After making sure that battery connections were nice and snug, I came to > realize that everything actually functions properly when my key is turned > 95% of the way. As soon as it reaches the point before turning over, the > lights and other stuff stops working. Any ideas?? is it just a faulty > ignition switch?? are they adjustable?? > > > Dan S. > '90 16V GTI > ----- > Your PaL > - DanTheMan > _______________________________________________ > a2-16v-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list > For list archives, see listinfo link above. >
