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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Fred W" data-source="post: 544580" data-attributes="member: 3828">Nope.  At least not that I can see.  Anyone that has had a switch replaced previously, where they handed you new keys for the ignition got hosed by a dealer too lazy to swap the cylinders.  The only reason you should have gotten a new key is if the tumbler part of the switch was the problem, ie something mechanical.I think that anyone that has an original switch and "Brodie Bypass Relay" installed will likely never have another switch failure, at least not one due to overheating.  No matter what they did to the switch to improve its contacts I would still think that a BBR (or some other means to get a good chunk of the current load off the switch) would be good insurance.If you have swapped out your stock headlights for HIDs, (which are powered directly from the battery through their own relay), you may have already removed enough of the current from the switch (110Watts = ~8 amps) , but putting the BBR in eliminates all but a tiny trickle of current needed to operate the relay.</blockquote>