Today I went to the dentist, and when I came out I tried to start my car with no luck. It was really wierd the gauges came on slowly when i put the key to the acc position, then everything would click off when I turned the key to "on". When I would put the key back to "acc" the gauges would slowly come on (picture something powering up.) I could hear clicking noises from behind the gauges too. I turned my windshield wiper on to the fastest and they slowly sped up until normal speed. When they were at normal speed i turned the key to "on" and my car started! It's not like I have a dead battery because when I actually got the car to crank it went strong, just like normal. I made it home and it's doing the samething except now it wont start. Anyone have any ideas what is going wrong?

 

Ignition switch, maybe

 

same thing in my wifes car, it was the ignition switch, sooo i hot wired it.

 

One of the things I've noticed lately is that when i take my key out, it still beeps like its in until i smack the side of the steering colum. (not too hard though, wouldn't want to hurt my baby)

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by flipwhip &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">One of the things I've noticed lately is that when i take my key out, it still beeps like its in until i smack the side of the steering colum. (not too hard though, wouldn't want to hurt my baby)</TD></TR></TABLE>

my car used to do that too. i replaced the ignition switch and it works fine now.