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thockey13 05-18-07 04:08 PM

Ignition Wont Turn
 
This may be the wrong section, so feel free to move it. For the past two days, I have been trying to turn my car on, but the key just wont turn. Any suggestions on what to do or what may be causing this. It is an automatic, and yes, it is in park ALL the way. I took it out of park and then put it back in using the override thing, and it still wont turn. I almost snapped my key trying to turn it on. Any suggestions?

I have just about had enough of the car.

Tessai 05-18-07 04:09 PM

:rofl:

Try turning the steering wheel, jackass.

telum01 05-18-07 04:11 PM

sounds dumb, but are you sure you have the right key?

otherwise, is the key a copy? it's probably a long shot, but it's possible a copy could have been poorly made.

kontakt 05-18-07 04:13 PM

If it's a 7, especially a FB/FC then find someone else with one and see if their key works. :) Mine works on a lot of them, doors more than ignition though.

PerkyStina 05-18-07 04:19 PM

jiggle the key in the ignition and kinda rock it around inside a little bit... that should get it to work. one of the copies of my FC's key had this issue. just gotta shimmy it inside the ignition a little bit to get it to work.

thockey13 05-18-07 04:30 PM

It is an FD, and I have been using the same key for a year, since I bought the car. I tried shimmining it in, and still no luck. Ill try again, but any other suggestions?

jhammons01 05-18-07 04:41 PM

Your steering wheel lock is caught at just the right angle. Pull on steering wheel in one direction and try turning the key and wiggling it. Then Pull on the other side of the wheel and do the same thing.

thockey13 05-18-07 04:44 PM

Thank you. That did it. Is it a common problem for cars to do this? Never heard of that happening before, but good to know. Thanks for all your help.

Maniacmikey 05-18-07 05:04 PM


Originally Posted by thockey13 (Post 6954681)
Thank you. That did it. Is it a common problem for cars to do this? Never heard of that happening before, but good to know. Thanks for all your help.


Yupp happens all the time. It's lot more fun when your wife calls you in a panic cause she cant get the car to start.

thockey13 05-18-07 05:20 PM

Well me not being able to get it to start yesterday meant I got to fill up our truck. This turned out to be a $70.23 learning experience which I would rather not repeat.

Turbo II 05-18-07 05:48 PM


Originally Posted by Maniacmikey (Post 6954736)
Yupp happens all the time. It's lot more fun when your wife calls you in a panic cause she cant get the car to start.

Blondestar to the rescue!


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