Turn Key And Nothing Happens

[KennyH]

Frequently when I turn the key to start the engine I get nothing. Lights, fans, radio, etc. all work, but starter doesn't engage. Sometimes if I hold the key in the start postion for a few seconds the engine starts. In all my years of car ownership I've never encountered this. Anyone have a similar problem? I have a 2004 Boxster S.

[rsfeller]

Sounds like a candidate for the very common ignition failure although it seems more prone on early models. Search the board for this topic, it's been covered in detail quite a bit.

Mike has a DIY on it but doesn't go into the failure trend: http://mike.focke.googlepages.com/ignitionswitchreplacement. The failure trend info is documented on this site and others as one of the top 10 failure items.

As far as seeing this failure it seems common with with vw/audi group vehicles as it's common with several models I have owned, exact same issues. Accessories work fine but ignition will not fire or other odd behaviors are seen.

Edited August 2, 2008 by rsfeller

[Brewrby]

Frequently when I turn the key to start the engine I get nothing. Lights, fans, radio, etc. all work, but starter doesn't engage. Sometimes if I hold the key in the start postion for a few seconds the engine starts. In all my years of car ownership I've never encountered this. Anyone have a similar problem? I have a 2004 Boxster S.

Sounds like an ignition switch problem.

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