Yes. It will crank untill you return the key to position one or the starter "times out" @ about 20-30 seconds.
The starting system on the vehicle is much more complicated than it needs to be. There are several signals going out of and into the ignition switch all which go through relays after that. Too much monkey motion if you ask me. The weakest contacts in the system are in the ignition switch itself. You can either clean them (with spray cleaner) or replace the switch.
To prove the point to myself, have not yet replaced my switch. I cleaned it almost a year ago and the problem went away. It did come back about four months ago. I cleaned it again and the problem has not come back. That makes me confident enough that the switch is THE problem. If it happens again, I'll give in and replace it.
NBX, glad to help.
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