Weird electrical problems

[roland3337]

Hello everyone.

I have a 2002 Boxster (61 k miles, non-S), and it is acting weird. When stopped at a local gas station, I turned off the ignition to fill up. When I was ready to leave, I turned the key, and nothing happened. The red and amber dash lights and instruments came on as normal (no flickering), but the engine did not turn over. No clicking sounds...nothing.

I tried push starting, but that didn't work. When I was about to give up and call a tow truck, I turned the key and it started back up normally. When I got home, I did some research about this kind of thing, and found that the culprit was likely to be the ignition switch.

I read up on how to replace it, and I got under the dash and unplugged the switch and tried to extract it. I'm a larger guy with longish arms, and I could not get to the two little screws with the tool I had (too long to fit into that little space). I reconnected the switch, and put everything back together.

Then other new problems developed: Windows would not go down, and a horn starting randomly honking (two short beeps every 30 seconds or so.)

I intend to get in there and replace that switch, since it is a cheap fix, but I am wondering if there could be something else going on?

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance...Roland3337