Hello! Looking for some help with my car.
Was driving totally normal. Yesterday I pulled into a parking lot and went to turn the car off. Removed the key from the lock cylinder in the off position and the car was still running. Everything with the transmission is still good so I was able to put the car in park, remove fuse 9 (I think) under the hood to the IGN switch, and turn off the engine. The panel still runs electrically after this, so I just cut power from the battery to fully shut off the vehicle.
Besides not being able to turn the vehicle off, the other big symptom I have is that the IGN lock cylinder turns very loosely with the key inserted and doesn’t typically click into the Off, ACC, or Run positions. I am able to start the car back up with the key in the Start position (and after reconnecting the battery), but then am unable again to turn the car off using the key and have to go through the steps above. Once the car is started, the key can be turned to any position other than Start and can be removed from the Off position and nothing will happen. The key cannot be removed in any position other than Off. The car will turn over an already running engine if turned to Start, as expected.
I have tried replacing the lock cylinder, but the new cylinder functions the same as the old one. It appears it is simply a means to turn the shaft the moves in and out of the steering column as a result of turning the key in the lock cylinder, and the new lock cylinder does not give that taptic feedback into the Off, ACC, or Run positions either. My next thought was to try replacing the ignition switch itself to solve the electrical problem, but I’m not sure that that addresses the mechanical problem of the key not clicking into OFF, ACC and RUN positions which makes me think the IGN switch is not the problem…??
Any help is super mega appreciated. Happy to provide clarifying comments. This is my daily driver so hoping to get back up and functional here soon. Thanks!
Was driving totally normal. Yesterday I pulled into a parking lot and went to turn the car off. Removed the key from the lock cylinder in the off position and the car was still running. Everything with the transmission is still good so I was able to put the car in park, remove fuse 9 (I think) under the hood to the IGN switch, and turn off the engine. The panel still runs electrically after this, so I just cut power from the battery to fully shut off the vehicle.
Besides not being able to turn the vehicle off, the other big symptom I have is that the IGN lock cylinder turns very loosely with the key inserted and doesn’t typically click into the Off, ACC, or Run positions. I am able to start the car back up with the key in the Start position (and after reconnecting the battery), but then am unable again to turn the car off using the key and have to go through the steps above. Once the car is started, the key can be turned to any position other than Start and can be removed from the Off position and nothing will happen. The key cannot be removed in any position other than Off. The car will turn over an already running engine if turned to Start, as expected.
I have tried replacing the lock cylinder, but the new cylinder functions the same as the old one. It appears it is simply a means to turn the shaft the moves in and out of the steering column as a result of turning the key in the lock cylinder, and the new lock cylinder does not give that taptic feedback into the Off, ACC, or Run positions either. My next thought was to try replacing the ignition switch itself to solve the electrical problem, but I’m not sure that that addresses the mechanical problem of the key not clicking into OFF, ACC and RUN positions which makes me think the IGN switch is not the problem…??
Any help is super mega appreciated. Happy to provide clarifying comments. This is my daily driver so hoping to get back up and functional here soon. Thanks!
Aug 6, 2023 at 12:26 AM
