I bought my '95 855 GLT last August, and it came with the standard dodgy
ignition switch electrical part (ABS light on, no headlights, gear shift
stuck in park, etc). I replaced it a couple of months later, and all was
well until last week, when the symptoms re-appeared.

I've now confirmed that when the ABS light comes on (and the headlights
don't) that backing the key off the II (run) postion slightly restores
things to normal. It seems unreasonable to me that a 10-month old part
would already have failed (and no, I don't have anything but the alarm
remote on my keychain, so I'm not hanging a pound of keys off the ignition).
Is it possible that there's too much play in the mechanical part of my
ignition, or that the spring which should force it back from the 'start'
position to II (run) is too weak?

I can, of course, just put in another ignition switch electrical part,
but I'm trying to understand what went wrong here, so if anyone else
has had an experience like this, I'd like to hear about it. Thanks.