can anyone solve this one?

ive got a 90 accord A/T. When its cold out the ignition key will not come out of the switch. You can turn it back to the ACC position but not to OFF. If you fiddle with the steering column and jiggle the key and hold your tounge right eventually it will come out. Anyone??

 

when this happens see if you can take the key out if you push the gear selector into park further while turning it.

 

tried, but no difference

 

Same year MT......Mine does the same thing...but the weather doesn't matter....every once-in-a-while it'll do it.....it's not really a problem for me....I got used to it...I wouldn't worry too much....it's just a minor inconvenience....

 

its not minor for me though. takes at least 10 minutes to get my key out on the cold mornings.

 

About the car taking forever to go into park sometimes --- that happens to me, too. A mechanic told me it was the neutral safety switch. Just ordered a replacement from Napa and hope that it works (costs about $55).

 

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ive got a 90 accord A/T. When its cold out the ignition key will not come out of the switch. You can turn it back to the ACC position but not to OFF. If you fiddle with the steering column and jiggle the key and hold your tounge right eventually it will come out. Anyone??</TD></TR></TABLE>

have u tried a different key?? if u don't hjave 1 have the dealer cut u another key.........also get some wd-40 and spray it where the key goes in do not worry it will not damage anything

 

if it was the key, then it would have problems turning the lock cylinder, yea ive cleaned out the lock cylinder and sprayed graphite.