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Originally Posted by jettskiman
I had this problem when driving the other day. Everything worked great the day before. I noticed that none of the instrument cluster/ blinkers and other stuff not working. I wiggle the key in the ignition just a little and everything came back up. I think its getting old and I had turned it just a little bit to far past run or on and it wasnt making contact for all of the other stuff. 1976 300d
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Bingo. Most multiple electrical failures that come out of the blue on items that are switched on with the ignition wind up being due to a worn ignition switch. Seen it many, many times on both gasoline and diesel models.
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