Parked the car and took the key out and the chime noise for when you leave the key in the ignition and open the door was going off. Now I cannot lock my doors before I step out of the car with the lock switch.

How would I go about fixing this? The key still stays in the ignition column when I fire her up. Its just that when I take the key out, it thinks it is still in there when I open the door.

 

Mine used to do the same thing. Bang very hard on the underside of the steering column until you hear a metal click. The bottom part of your palm works very nicely. Once you get the technique down, one good hit should do it.