Stuck key, Need help

96red&blackstang · October 30th, 2011, 11:00 PM

So i just replaced my heater core and i put everything back toghether; drove it to make sure everything was fine. after parking and turning the car off i tried to pull the key out and it didnt come out. the ignition does not want to turn all the way to take the key out. so i looked under the dash and messed with the black cylinder to see if the key would come out. no luck the key is still stuck. i saw 2 connections that weere loose so i pluged them back in, but i think i pluged it the wrong way now gauges dont work at all what happened, what can i do to fix this problem. can someone help me. i think those connection are part of the pats system. also i have a aftermarket alarm. would the people that did the alarm tooken off these wires and me being an idiot plugged it back in.

drakkhen20 · October 30th, 2011, 11:09 PM

well if its an auto make sure its in park and check the sensor for that it might have went out. make sure your steering wheel isnt locked. its sounds more like a mechanical failure than a electronic one but you never can tell. thats the only thing i can think of. make sure you disconnect the battery so it doesnt run down being that its stuck in the on position.

96red&blackstang · October 30th, 2011, 11:44 PM

car is indeed in park, also i have messed with the shifter moving it up and down. also moved the streening wheel. never had problems with the key at all never had it get stuck

drakkhen20 · October 30th, 2011, 11:51 PM

hmm. strange man. wish i could more but thats all i can think about.

96red&blackstang · October 30th, 2011, 11:57 PM

much appriciated. i just want to know if anyone else can explain why this happening. also can explain the problem with the guages.

1989Gt. · October 31st, 2011, 12:39 AM

Turn the wheel while removing the key...

projectGT · October 31st, 2011, 03:32 AM

This happened to me with a celica a while back. Remove the center piece around your automatic shifter and look for a connection by it. Once you've found a connection around the shifter, disconnect and connect it back and try your key. Like i said it was on a different car so the connection might be in a different area but same thing. Good luck.

96red&blackstang · October 31st, 2011, 11:57 AM

im looking around the shifter and their is a cable going to it. the only time the cable moves is when i press the side button to shift.

96red&blackstang · October 31st, 2011, 11:58 AM

also found two blown fuses that caused my guages to not work. replaced them now they work

96red&blackstang · October 31st, 2011, 01:06 PM

well i finally fixed it. their is a little black cylinder near ur streering colum i took it off cleaned it out now my key comes out. i guessin the mechanism got jammed. kind of pissed that i had to miss work for this problem. hope this anyone else who runs into this problem

1989Gt. · October 31st, 2011, 02:41 PM

Thats rediculous.

October 30th, 2011, 11:00 PM	#1
96red&blackstang Regular 1996 Mustang gt Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: San Antonio Posts: 69 iTrader: 0 reviews	Stuck key, Need help So i just replaced my heater core and i put everything back toghether; drove it to make sure everything was fine. after parking and turning the car off i tried to pull the key out and it didnt come out. the ignition does not want to turn all the way to take the key out. so i looked under the dash and messed with the black cylinder to see if the key would come out. no luck the key is still stuck. i saw 2 connections that weere loose so i pluged them back in, but i think i pluged it the wrong way now gauges dont work at all what happened, what can i do to fix this problem. can someone help me. i think those connection are part of the pats system. also i have a aftermarket alarm. would the people that did the alarm tooken off these wires and me being an idiot plugged it back in.

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October 30th, 2011, 11:09 PM	#2
drakkhen20 Regular 1998 Mustang GT Convert. Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Mississippi Posts: 293 iTrader: 0 reviews	well if its an auto make sure its in park and check the sensor for that it might have went out. make sure your steering wheel isnt locked. its sounds more like a mechanical failure than a electronic one but you never can tell. thats the only thing i can think of. make sure you disconnect the battery so it doesnt run down being that its stuck in the on position.

October 30th, 2011, 11:44 PM	#3
96red&blackstang Regular 1996 Mustang gt Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: San Antonio Posts: 69 iTrader: 0 reviews	car is indeed in park, also i have messed with the shifter moving it up and down. also moved the streening wheel. never had problems with the key at all never had it get stuck

October 30th, 2011, 11:51 PM	#4
drakkhen20 Regular 1998 Mustang GT Convert. Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Mississippi Posts: 293 iTrader: 0 reviews	hmm. strange man. wish i could more but thats all i can think about.

October 30th, 2011, 11:57 PM	#5
96red&blackstang Regular 1996 Mustang gt Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: San Antonio Posts: 69 iTrader: 0 reviews	much appriciated. i just want to know if anyone else can explain why this happening. also can explain the problem with the guages.

October 31st, 2011, 12:39 AM	#6
1989Gt. Hardcore Enthusiast 1989 Mustang GT Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 2,799 iTrader: 0 reviews	Turn the wheel while removing the key...

October 31st, 2011, 03:32 AM	#7
projectGT Regular 1996 mustang GT Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: vandenberg afb, ca Posts: 357 iTrader: 1 reviews	This happened to me with a celica a while back. Remove the center piece around your automatic shifter and look for a connection by it. Once you've found a connection around the shifter, disconnect and connect it back and try your key. Like i said it was on a different car so the connection might be in a different area but same thing. Good luck.

October 31st, 2011, 11:57 AM	#8
96red&blackstang Regular 1996 Mustang gt Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: San Antonio Posts: 69 iTrader: 0 reviews	im looking around the shifter and their is a cable going to it. the only time the cable moves is when i press the side button to shift.

October 31st, 2011, 11:58 AM	#9
96red&blackstang Regular 1996 Mustang gt Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: San Antonio Posts: 69 iTrader: 0 reviews	also found two blown fuses that caused my guages to not work. replaced them now they work

October 31st, 2011, 01:06 PM	#10
96red&blackstang Regular 1996 Mustang gt Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: San Antonio Posts: 69 iTrader: 0 reviews	well i finally fixed it. their is a little black cylinder near ur streering colum i took it off cleaned it out now my key comes out. i guessin the mechanism got jammed. kind of pissed that i had to miss work for this problem. hope this anyone else who runs into this problem

October 31st, 2011, 02:41 PM	#11
1989Gt. Hardcore Enthusiast 1989 Mustang GT Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 2,799 iTrader: 0 reviews	Thats rediculous.

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