I turn the key to off and remove it and the engine keeps running. I had to disconnect the battery to stop the motor. But I’m not so sure the ignition switch is the problem. Here’s why, I switched the key off and disconnect the battery, the engine stopped and the cooling fans stopped too. That part makes sense. But here’s the strange part, I immediately reconnected the battery and the fans did not come back on. If the switch was shorting, I would have expected the fans to run again when the battery was connected. Of course by the time I got ready to do some serious trouble shooting, everything had cooled off and the engine started and stopped just fine. BTW, I didn’t have any problems starting the engine and the key seems to turn freely. I only mention the fans because they should have come on when I reconnected the battery if the ignition switch was shorted. Any ideas fellow Pantera owners? Has someone else had this happen?
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