u r sofa king we tah did

this just happened out of the blue, i pulled into my drive way and started to get out, but when i turned off my car, it wouldnt go all the way back to the locked position to where i could move the key. i made sure it was in park by putting it into park several times but it did no good. i got the keys out by forcing it to turn backwards, but it feels like its jammed right before it gets to the locked position, any suggestions?

FastElectrics

I had this happen once.. WHat I did to get my key out was I just moved the transmision out of park and into drive, and back to park.. It must have something to do with the shift lock..

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89 RS Camaro, LO3 305 TBI
Autometer Air/Fuel Ratio Guage
Cooling Fan Overide Switch
L69 Duel Snorkel Intake
Dynomax Ultra Flo SS Cat Back

u r sofa king we tah did

does anyone know what kinda signal is sent to the ignition switch to tell it the car is in park so the key can be removed? does it ground out a wire or something like that?

One Eyed Jack

Yeah, sometimes you've gotta bump my tranny into park

u r sofa king we tah did

well, ive slammed my transmission into park, ive softly put it in park, i put in in park fast, i put it in park slow, but no luck what so ever. does anyone know about the park ignition lockout?

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Vader

Sofa King,

You need to include some information about the vehicle. Some cars have a mechanicla linkage between the shift lever and the steering column, and some later cars have a solenoid in the steering column to release the key interlock.

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Later,
Vader
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Justice and Freedom will Prevail

u r sofa king we tah did

89 iroc with vats, sorry my mistake for not putting that in the first post. this just happened all of the sudden and i was kinda cloud headed due to being pissed at the beast.


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u r sofa king we tah did

im gonna take off the center shift console to see if i can see anything that has come loose or whatnot, if anyone can give me info about the lockout, it would be greatly appreciated.

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1989 Chevy Camaro IROC-Z L98 A4 Black Ext./Grey Int.

1989 Chevy Corvette L98 A4 Black/Black Coupe

u r sofa king we tah did

nevermind, problem solved. it took the button and shift **** off, and when i did that, the little white piece that gets pressed down by the button was in a bind i guess cause when i pulled the **** off it i had to yank the stuff out of it, and the little white piece broke in half and shot straight up. i rigged it up with a little metal rod and all works normal now. the beast is back

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1989 Chevy Camaro IROC-Z L98 A4 Black Ext./Grey Int.

1989 Chevy Corvette L98 A4 Black/Black Coupe