Help..Can't remove key, steering wheel / shifter won't lock.
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Help..Can't remove key, steering wheel / shifter won't lock.
Just started the TA in the shop for a few seconds (maybe 20) and now the key can't be removed, the steering wheel won't lock and the shifter won't lock. The shifter can be moved thru the gears whith out pressing the brake.. The steering wheel won't lock. The key can't be removed.. Trying to remove the key is the same in park as in drive..
I rarely drive the car, mostly just have been doing a few upgrades.. They were the Strano/Koni upgrade, changed plugs and wires, replaced pan-hard bar and several coats of Zanio.. NONE of those would cause this problem.. So
I am a little lost..Any ideas??? Off to read up on my 2001 GM service manual for some possible clues...
I rarely drive the car, mostly just have been doing a few upgrades.. They were the Strano/Koni upgrade, changed plugs and wires, replaced pan-hard bar and several coats of Zanio.. NONE of those would cause this problem.. So
I am a little lost..Any ideas??? Off to read up on my 2001 GM service manual for some possible clues...
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Yea it is an auto, and verified shifter is all the way forward.. Very common problem on my 2nd gens, just mechanical linkage, and shifter position is mostly the problem..
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Mine is a manual so maybe its different but mine did the same thing recently and it was the switch itself. Key wouldn't come out, wouldn't shut off nothing. New switch problem solved.
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Thanks.. It is in park, the pushbutton for the shiftet works and "feels" normal..
The schematics show 1st thing is the brake switch controls the shift lock solonoid.. So, I will check that first...Still doesn't explain why the steering
wheel won't lock.. That is a mystery......Car was not driven, just sitting when
this occured.........
The schematics show 1st thing is the brake switch controls the shift lock solonoid.. So, I will check that first...Still doesn't explain why the steering
wheel won't lock.. That is a mystery......Car was not driven, just sitting when
this occured.........
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Brake light switch appears to be ok, off to use test light to verify solonoid is getting power.. If i remember correctly, whenever the brake is depressed you
hear a "click"??? Can any of you automatic guys verify if you can hear the "click" and if so what position is the keyswitch in????
hear a "click"??? Can any of you automatic guys verify if you can hear the "click" and if so what position is the keyswitch in????
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There is a cable preventing you from getting your key out. It's the park-lock cable. It goes from the shifter arm to the ignition switch. Pop it off the shifter and you should be able to get your key out. If not, then you have something physically binding in the column or ignition cylinder.
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Just a stab in the dark here, but did you put an aftermarket shift handle on? I did this to one of my V6s when I was younger(back when the only mods I could do were the cheap auto zone appearance mods) and I tightened the handle down too far. This would not let the button go all the way back up and kept the car from fully going into park and the ignition switch from returning back to the off position. If you don't have a aftermarket handle on, take the stocker handle off. You may have pushed it down, or it got hit and is now binding the button down so that it cant fully go into park.
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Spartan you are correct, it was the cable adjustment..
Hugger, I found out about the cable using your test..smacking the shifter and it would engage the solonoid..
The problem is that the park/nuetral safety switch also provides a ground path when the shifter is placed into park.. So, cable out of adjustment means
that it would not go fully into park preventing the negative path to ground to complete the circuit... THANKS EVERYBODY>>>>>>>>
Hugger, I found out about the cable using your test..smacking the shifter and it would engage the solonoid..
The problem is that the park/nuetral safety switch also provides a ground path when the shifter is placed into park.. So, cable out of adjustment means
that it would not go fully into park preventing the negative path to ground to complete the circuit... THANKS EVERYBODY>>>>>>>>