Sticky Airco Switch?

[grl570810]

Hi All,

New member - I've just bought my daughter a '95 build / 96 compliance Mk III GL.

I have one small query for the group - no doubt more will arise as I get used to the car . The airco switch in the dash cluster sticks - when you press it, it won't click all the way back out again. After about a dozen attempts it will usually click back again and toggle the airco on or off depending on where you started, but it seems to be getting worse and I am afraid it will soon fail completely.

Any suggestions - are these easy to source/ get at to replace? Or should I just squirt a dose of WD40 in there and hope it works its usual wonder?

Thanks,
Graham

[peedman]

They shouldnt be too hard to source if u need a new one. U can pop it off and there are i think two really small springs that help it to bounce back, perhaps one of them is stuck or sumthing. So pry it off and have a look, just be careful as the springs tend to bounce off.

[Mrk_Mickey]

As Pedro said easiest way to check is to take the little plug itself out. When I took the front panels of my dash off (I was changing a bulb) I checked all of them cos one of mine didn't work too well.

[grl570810]

One step forward, one back

Thanks for the advice. After a happy hour of fiddling I now have the airco switch working , but the vent/circulate switch next to it sticking . I figure that's preferable as nothing I do seems to have them both functional at the same time. I figure the two switch blocks are somehow interfering with each other so will try to source replacements.