3800 Grand Prix ignition switch.

[syP]

Had a customer come in today and asked about her problem with her GTP...



everytime she wants to start the car, the key is locked, until she puts her finger up into the steering column and push the little white button (attached to the ignition switch)


she already replaced the lock cyl, and that was not the problem.


Is it the ignition switch? If so.. is there a write up on how to do that (side job... niiiice) i recall my brother doing it and it was a pain

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[Yaj Yak]

lol my car is like the opposite.

my key wont come out of the bitch.

i have to push that thing every time to get it out... i could prolly search for what to do... but just forget to.

 

[02BlueGT]

I removed, disassembled, cleaned and resembled......

Or you can just remove the solinoid that causes the key to not be able to be removed, mine has been sitting on a shelf for two years......

But heres the directions to clean it:

http://www.clubgp.com/newforum/tm.asp?m=20670&cookieCheck=73306577

 

[syP]

http://www.clubgp.com/newforum/tm.asp?m=20670&cookieCheck=73306577

404....

 

[RebelGTP]

404....

it's there... I just had to go to the forum root, then click on the link again...

try this, it's the link without the cookie check: http://www.clubgp.com/newforum/tm.asp?m=20670

 

[syP]

hmmm maybe that isnt the problem then??



she is having a problem with the key locking until she pushes the little button.. thats IT

 

[02BlueGT]

so remove the little button, no ill effects as of yet

 

[syP]

but she NEEDS to press the little button for the key to turn (or the steering wheel to unlock.. i honestly forgot)

 

[02BlueGT]

No, button does lock key(buy preventing it from turning to the remove/insert position) , key locks steering wheel, if you remove the button nothing stops the key from turning back to the removal position....
Steering wheel unlock is accomplished by turning the Key, my steering wheel still locks, If you don't feel comfortable removing the cylinder, just zip tie the button so it's always pressed, works just as well as removal :smile:

 

[jeff99gtp]

lol my car is like the opposite.

my key wont come out of the bitch.

i have to push that thing every time to get it out... i could prolly search for what to do... but just forget to.

mines the same way as KJs. but my plan is just to glue it up so then i dont have to go in there everytime to get my key out. kinda a crappy ghetto way to fix it, but who cares if it fixes it. or will that not work out good if i just glue it up? sorry to thread jack spy!

EDIT: i just read the post before me and we have very similar ideas. so it looks like i will be doing this when i go home.

 

[02BlueGT]

^^Zip ties are easier and cleaner than glue

 

[jeff99gtp]

ohh gotcha. thanks looks like i will be zip tieing it up then.