The other day i was going to work and I tried to turn the ignition off but the key got stuck and now I can't even turn the car off... I tried wiggling the key out and i even kicked the damn sterring wheel a couple times because it still wouldn't come out. It's allready been 2 days now and the car is just sitting in my garage right now. Does anyone know what's wrong and how the hell can i get the key out of the ignition?!?

 

Call a locksmith.

 

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Thats your best bet right now, your key must have been bent just a little bit and now its stuck behind one of the teeth. Good luck

 

Is it a stick or an auto?

KISS first question...if its an auto, is it in Park?

 

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KISS first question...if its an auto, is it in Park?</TD></TR></TABLE>

Haha, very nice.

So wait, the car is still running?

 

Yeah man that sucks, i have that problem every now and then but i usually manage to get it out. So it might be bent huh.

 

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KISS first question...if its an auto, is it in Park?</TD></TR></TABLE>

damn if that turned out to be the problem i dont know what to say besides how long have you been driving to now know that.

 

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KISS first question...if its an auto, is it in Park?</TD></TR></TABLE>

LOL...

I don't know, the man is 24... think he would know?

 

He hasn't replied yet, so I give it a couple more days and we can officially call him a douche. J/K

If it turns out his car is an automatic, this thread will be classic. LoL

 

Haha totally, although I dont blame him, everyone makes mistakes. Just be glad its a simple one!

-Nick, who left work to help his girlfriend who made this exact mistake not just 72 hours ago

 

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-Nick, who left work to help his girlfriend who made this exact mistake not just 72 hours ago </TD></TR></TABLE>

Sure it wasn't you Nick?

 

uhhh please tell me your car isn't sitting running IN your garage!

At least do something like unplug the fuel pump to make the car shut off.

 

umm..that happend to my friends car...but it wasnt in the car..the ignition was taken off...and he couldnt get it out his key...so i tell him to give it to me..and i played like 30 sec with key turning and pull in and out few time..and oh! key came out...

 

SIMPLE solution...

go buy some graphite dust.. its like 2 bucks at the local hardware store. It is literally like dust.. so stick it in the key hole and squeeze the tube a few times. Move the key as much as you can and still squeeze more dust in. I am sure a locksmith would do the same. I did it and it worked ASAP.

Your keys locks dry out over time (specially during the summer) and after a while it causes them to bind or lock together. I would say for good measure to dump some graphite dust in the rest of your locks to keep them moving smoothly

Hope that helps..

 

actually i rmember when i was at honda, there was a service bulletin about 97crvs, and how customer leaves **** on the shifter colum and it gets caught in the way. end result it won't let the shifter go all tha way to park, and won't trigger the park safety switch, to let the key out.

my advice, go check the shifter adjustment first, maybe its just not hitting the park switch, or maybe the switch itself is broken.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by PatrickGSR94 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">uhhh please tell me your car isn't sitting running IN your garage! </TD></TR></TABLE>Maybe that's why 95-teg hasn't posted back again??

I haven't had an auto tranny for ages, so when my wife inherited the '98 Accord, I 'learned' about that interlock. Good thing my kids weren't in the car to laugh at me.