What is an average cost that a dealer charges to install a new ignition switch???
Is the new ignition switch the new and improved switch or is it the same old switch which may or may not go bad in a year or so???
I am thinking about replacing mine because of a couple of quirky things that have happened with in the last month, but if it is the same switch should I buy a dozen? lol
Don
the new ignition switch is more robust but I have seen new ones go bad. It only take me 30 min to replace it but you shouldn't be charged any more than one hour labor. If you want to make a day of it and come to Nashville I'll be happy to install the switch for you. and I can also get it at my cost.
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Originally Posted by airboss98
What is an average cost that a dealer charges to install a new ignition switch???
Is the new ignition switch the new and improved switch or is it the same old switch which may or may not go bad in a year or so???
I am thinking about replacing mine because of a couple of quirky things that have happened with in the last month, but if it is the same switch should I buy a dozen? lol
Don
Great point, Don.
When I read the recommendations to replace the ignition switch BEFORE having a problem, I was thinking the same thing . . . except for the "dozen" part!
Also, as I have posted previously, excess weight constantly pulling on the switch (read: too many keys and extra stuff on key ring) may contribute to the problem. This little bit of information I learned from a Toyota Dealer Rep via a friend who owns a new Tundra Pick-Up so this problem is not exclusive to our SSR's.
My SSR: "Babe" '06 Pacific Blue/Chrome/6pd #22407, born 10/14/'05, and #21393, died 2/16/'07.
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Originally Posted by DOOPHUS
Great point, Don.
When I read the recommendations to replace the ignition switch BEFORE having a problem, I was thinking the same thing . . . except for the "dozen" part!
Also, as I have posted previously, excess weight constantly pulling on the switch (read: too many keys and extra stuff on key ring) may contribute to the problem. This little bit of information I learned from a Toyota Dealer Rep via a friend who owns a new Tundra Pick-Up so this problem is not exclusive to our SSR's.
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And the Toyota Tundra just received a "below average" reliability rating from their friends at Consumer Reports, too.
A good dealership service department is all I hope I'll ever need!
My SSR: 05 6 speed black has a K&n cold air kit descreened and Diablo tuner & Eric's hood
Ignition switch.
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Originally Posted by DOOPHUS
Great point, Don.
When I read the recommendations to replace the ignition switch BEFORE having a problem, I was thinking the same thing . . . except for the "dozen" part!
Also, as I have posted previously, excess weight constantly pulling on the switch (read: too many keys and extra stuff on key ring) may contribute to the problem. This little bit of information I learned from a Toyota Dealer Rep via a friend who owns a new Tundra Pick-Up so this problem is not exclusive to our SSR's.
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Maybe I'm missing something here. I was asuming when everyone was talking about the Ignition switch I was reading into it that the electrical part was what
was going out. Hanging a bunch of keys will mess up the tumblers but I don't
think it would mess up the E switch. What is everyone buying ???
Thanks
Tom
My SSR: 2004 UV with flames #10443 (BOD: 05-24-04), 2005 "Sinister SSR"#19055 (BOD: 12-09-04)
Does anyone have the TSB regarding the ignition switch? Sin is at the dealer now, they say "they pulled the ignition switch and it looks fine" but can't figure out why it won't crank. They are now at the point where they have to call GM for suggestions. Grrrrr....
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Does anyone have the TSB regarding the ignition switch? Sin is at the dealer now, they say "they pulled the ignition switch and it looks fine" but can't figure out why it won't crank. They are now at the point where they have to call GM for suggestions. Grrrrr....
Laureen
Did a search........ from everthing I read there is no TSB for the Ignition switch......a member did post this link to do searches for TSB'S
My SSR: Studly Slingshot Yellow VIN 20778 Born 05 May 2005 (05/05/05) w/ SIRIUS Satellite Radio
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Originally Posted by Tom Savini
Maybe I'm missing something here. I was asuming when everyone was talking about the Ignition switch I was reading into it that the electrical part was what
was going out. Hanging a bunch of keys will mess up the tumblers but I don't
think it would mess up the E switch. What is everyone buying ???
Thanks
Tom
I agree, Tom . . . not too much logic here but I am only the messenger!
However, kinda interesting to know the Tundra and probably other Toyota vehicles are having a similar problem.
My primary point is relatively simple . . . why replace a working switch with an "unknown" switch?
My SSR: "Babe" '06 Pacific Blue/Chrome/6pd #22407, born 10/14/'05, and #21393, died 2/16/'07.
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However, kinda interesting to know the Tundra and probably other Toyota vehicles are having a similar problem.
Let me clarify: Consumer Reports faulted Toyota's reliability as "below average" on the Tundra's drive train, and the Camry's V6, and Lexus' transmissions. Newsworthy only because they have been tops in reliability for decades. Hopefully they do not follow Mercedes Benz, and become a former "super-reliable car manufacture."
I have not investigated the SSR ignition switch, butt, historically, the GM ignition switch consists of two distinct parts, 1 mechanical onlt that's where the tumblers are and the key goes and hooked to that is the locking rod for the steering wheel. Nothing electrical here! The locking rod also accuates, further down the coumn, the electrical switch, which is/was nothing more than a sliding, on off, momentary contact switch. So in this great modern time of the environment some lordy Designer must have did a faulty redesign, like re-inventing the wheel!! I guess I will have to do some investigating here for my own satisfaction.
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You are absolutely correct. The problem appears to be the fact that the electrical contacts within the electrical switch corrode or wear and the transmission of current becomes erratic.
Maybe we have to do what I did on my BRIT CARS for50 years. In 1956 a German mechanich that was tuning my 1952 MGTD told me to put Girling Rubber Grease (the one used for brakes) on all my electric contacts. I have done this faithfully and have never experienced the "Lord of Darkness"! grimmye
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