hello all. its been a while since ive been on here. but now that its warmed up i ran back into a problem that i have had the whole time. my key does not want to turn back into the accessory position. it seems like i have to turn it forward about 30 times before it decides to go into the slot. like it has to be just right in order for it to work. i spent about 5 minutes trying to get this to work at the drive in theater.

so is there a way to just lube it up? like is it safe to just shoot some WD-40 down the key hole and see if it works? i dont want to ruin any electronics or anything so some advice here would be useful.

thanks guys.

 

Do NOT shoot WD-40 into the ignition switch!!! Use the search feature on the site to give you proper remedies to this common issue!

 

ive done that. i cant find anything on here about that. ive been on here before a few times and i know what not to do.

 

i've had this problem for a long time. if there is a way to fix this, please inform

 

As I have not had this specific issue, I can only relate fixes to earlier GM trucks that had the same problem (70's thru early 90's) sorry! step66

 

well what did you do? maybe the solution to that problem can help here somewhat.

 

I had a similar problem in my 01 Saturn SC2, and in the long run I had top replace my ignition cylinder.