I suggest pulling the radio out and seeing what's in the cavity behind. I
suspect that you will find the original power feed cut and another wire
going to "who knows where" spliced into its place.

Thanks,
Tom Hargrave
256-656-1924

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-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf Of
Dennis Haynes
Sent: Sunday, January 31, 2010 10:53 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Radio stays on

Vanagons never had the radio wired to the ignition switch. There is no
"Accessory" position so having the key switch turn off the radio means no
radio while waiting or camping with the engine off.

Dennis

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Mark A Kippert
Sent: Sunday, January 31, 2010 10:09 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Radio stays on

For a year and a half I've never used the radio because I needed the code.
It's always been turned off. Last week I was lucky enough to get the code to
my radio from a previous owner of the van (not the guy I bought it from).
After applying the code the radio works. However, when I turned the van off,
and removed the key, the radio continues to play. I emailed the PO to see if
he may have direct wired the radio but haven't heard back. The radio is VW
but doesn't fit all the way into the dash (sticks out about a quarter inch).

Is this likely to be a bad ignition switch? I'm wondering if that could also
relate to poor headlights and heater blower issues.

Mark K
1986 GL/2WD/4SPD