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Old 10-02-2014, 01:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Doru View Post
From different BMW forums, the "most" ignition switch failures were reported by people who used a heavy chain key attached to the car key (i.e. lots of different other keys & objects). It seems that the weight attached to the car key, will lead to a premature failure of the ignition switch. If you don't use a big, heavy keychain, then there is something else going on.
Really?? That's interesting… Well, I do have a heavier-than-normal keychain due to having to keep a ton of keys on it for work stuff. If that's the case that's an interesting cause. I'm thinking about ordering a spare switch to keep around just in case this one fails again. Thanks for the info-
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