my ignition is locked

[DBLO39X]

wassup everyone. got a problem hopfully someone can help.first my a/t shifter was a pain in the @ss getting it to **** out of park, the button would not budge. after pressing hard enough till my thumb almost broke it finnaly moved.then when i went to take the key out the key got stuck. again after a few moves here and there it came out,but in the interim, my ignition is locked or frozen i dont know it wont turn when i put the key in. any suggestions??

[DBLO39X]

sorry guys i have a 96 y87 a/t.

[BlitzPuppet]

is your car in park whenever you are trying to start it? The car has to be in park on an auto in order to start

[sped214]

Stupid question, but you're pushing the brake in when you try to get it out of park, right? If so, check to make sure the brake lights are actually coming on. I think there's some kind of sensor that will detect if the brakes are depressed before letting you move the stick out of park...

[DBLO39X]

im not trying to get it out of park.whrn i put the key in the ignition to turn the car on it wont move at all. i tried moving the steering weel
at the same time but no luck. the car has been in park the whole time.a locksmith tols me it could be locked in a position where the housing could hace been bent? not to sure what that is but gonna try to fix it today.could the cold weather have a part in this?

[fbody4life]

I had the same exact problem on my 95...

As far as the difficulty shifting out of park it is caused by a bad shift accutator.

The key is locked in the ignition becuase it may seem like your in park but your not. Put the shifter in park and release the brake, now check to make sure the knob on the shifter is hard and will not depress. It shouldn't depress unless you have your foot on the brake pedal. So if it depresses move the shifter around until the knob clicks and becomes hard to depress.

Once again this is all caused by the shift accutator (pretty cheap to fix)

[ January 20, 2003: Message edited by: fbody4life ]</p>

[DBLO39X]

[QUOTE]Originally thanx 4 the info bro. well i got my ignition fixed costs me 95 bucks with a new key same code on the key though. the locksmith told me the ignition locked up something bout a ring that got fused? he couldnt show me cuz it was inside the actual ignition itself. anyway.. the key got stuck again but after playing with the shifter it came out. that some good info u got there will remember 4 next time. question...what exactly is that piece in the shifter and how much would it cost 2 fix?