Hi, I have a 1991 Chevy Cavalier V4 with about 165,000 miles on it. As I turned off the engine today, I noticed the key would not come out of the ignition. I made sure the automatic transmission was in "Park", which it was. And I also tried turning the steering wheel to both extremes, to see if this would help, but it didn't.
I am not sure if this matters, but you can now start the car by simply turning the ignition cylinder that the ignition lock sits in, in addition to just turning the key by itself. Not sure if it did this before.
I replaced the ignition switch was about 3 years ago. I also notice that at times in the past, what the shift stick indicated was not always what gear the car was in (something is loose/not set right under the shift stick console--might have come loose when I tried to vacuum inside there once). But in this case, I made sure it was in park.
I am tempted to pull the steering wheel and see if I can remove the cylinder and manually pull the key out.
Does anyone have any advice about this? Right now I am using two clubs and a rag to make sure no one steals my car! Thanks!
Stephanie