Date:         Thu, 9 May 2002 13:43:58 -0400
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: Electrical Question -Hazards/Parking Lights
Comments: To: Eric Spletzer <eric@SENIORNET.ORG>
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At 01:22 PM 5/9/2002, Eric Spletzer wrote:
>If I turn off my ignition, then my radio turns off.  Seems normal.  But if I
>turn on the hazards while the engine is off, the radio comes back on.
>
>Anybody else experience this?
>Is this just a common van quirk?

You have some non-standard wiring somewhere I think.  Unless VW changed
their policy, the radio in stock configuration is always hot -- it's one of
those endearing little things like having just one turn-signal indicator
that makes you know you're loved -- and like the turn signal, it lets them
build cheaper, i.e. without an accessory position on the ignition switch.

What's always amused me is this air of "it is ze user's responsibility" on
the one hand, and the famous VW ignition-key no-restart interlock on the
other (thank God for steel keys!).

david


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