Date:         Thu, 14 May 2015 20:37:55 -0400
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: Ignition/starter switch failures
Comments: To: The Bus Depot <vanagon@BUSDEPOT.COM>
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At 08:27 PM 5/14/2015, The Bus Depot wrote:
>for relay failure, but they're usually pretty reliable).  If I am not
>mistaken, many if not most modern vehicles use the ignition switch as a
>trigger and do not actually route the starter through it.

I have a hideous feeling that some of them use a logic switch there
to initiate a command request for the car to wake itself up and
start. <runs screaming off into the woods>

d

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