Why is my key stuck in my car
how to fix a key stuck in the ignition
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hey guys welcome to up in unite video so
today we're going to address some of
those cars that when you turn the key
off and you can't get it out and the
cars in park as you see so you're like
what the heck is going on here well
there's a couple things you need to
check on this happened to me on several
cars this one was brought to me this is
on 801 Volvo c70 and as you see it stops
just before the off position where you
can pull the key out so it won't do
anything no matter what you do go back
and forth put your foot on the brake
come back in to do the gears and on this
ride one of the things you want to look
for let's see where you show you is your
button right there and you want to make
sure because a lot of times you'll put
it in park and the button to stay like
right where it's at and it won't come
out and so now this one two buttons
coming out a lot of times if your button
is stuck in like this
I had a 2006 Ford Fusion and the Ford
Fusion did the same thing but the button
was stuck like this so one of the things
that I usually will use is a paper towel
you can just underneath right here so
you don't make a big mess and some good
old wd-40 and what it is it gets sticky
up in there you'll get a little bit of
gunk on there and if you spray a little
bit around the button then it will
actually start working again now I've
actually had another card here that
actually was a over here was that it was
like a oh one maybe I won Monte Carlo he
spilled soda on the shift mechanism and
it really messed up the little solenoids
in there so we had to take it all apart
and clean it one addition right here
you're gonna look right beside it and
I'm gonna suspect this little guy right
here which won't budge or do anything is
stuck so we're gonna spray a little bit
of wd-40 into it
and then we're going to then we're going
to use a little teeny screwdriver and
we're going to see if we can work it
just start working what it is once it
doesn't come up or activate it won't let
the the key come out of the ignition so
we're going to play with this see if you
can pry this little booger up and it
should let it go into park now you don't
want to break it you just want to kind
of work it in there in the junk down as
you can see it's not doing anything and
this little guy right here will
definitely not let you put your key out
I feel we're so sticky like let me play
this a little bit and then we'll come
back see if we can get it a pop-up and
I'll show you the key coming out all
right now you see the buttons up of
course I sprayed some wd-40 on the
button up here that these are a couple
of things that happens on these type of
cars the little button won't click out
won't allow you to disengage the safety
feature on the cars so you just can't
pump them in and out of gear they got a
little actuator that runs back to the
key cylinder that will allow you or not
allow you to turn or take out the key
now as you see this now will turn all
the way down to the zero key pops out
perfectly and I said all was well just
stuck button right here the other one on
the Ford Fusion was actually stuck right
here and the same on the Monte Carlo
they were actually stuck in the shifter
so I hope that helps you guys and I'll
catch you on next 159 videos
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