About every 3rd time I turn the key to the run position on my Paso it does absolutely nothing; as if I never turned the key on in the first place. Turning the key off and then back on again seems to fix it. Then about three or four key turns later I'm back to a dead ignition. Turning the key off and then on again fixes it, temporarily. I'm concerned that I'm gonna get hundreds of miles from home and have it happen permanently.

Any ideas what this might be?

Dave

that is a common problem and the issue is mostly the switch itself.

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G.

Gerhard - I agree; excellent writeup! Many thanks! I'll try it today and let you know how it goes.

Dave

note, the tricky part is to push the lower (white) part, the one with the cables coming out of it, back in place. It needs some force to be pushed into place but it`s fragile and may break. If you use a screwdriver for this use an old large one, one that does not have any sharp edges anymore and try to press in a cross pattern (like when tightening wheel nuts).
The risk is to break that part and if you do ...