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Ignition cylinder problem

The ignition cylinder got stuck friday night in the on position so I couldn't get the car to shut off. After playing with it a bit i got it to turn off but it happened again tonight and after I freed it up and shut the car off It wont move forward. It goes to the on position but wont go farther so i cant start it. Anyone ever have this happen and have any temporary solutions until I get a new cylinder? Thanks

maybe a little wd-40? I guess i will find out.

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To night i got the suprise of my life when i went to pick up my car a few blocks from my office in lower Manhattan. My car is parked in doors along with a few other hundred cars. Before i leave the office i call the garage and they have the car ready for me when i get there. To night they told me they could not move my car because the Ignition lock was frozen and i was blocking many, many other cars. I went to my car and tried the lock myself no matter which way i turned the wheel the lock would not move. Finally i tried the key supplied by Saturn that is in a little card for your wallet and i was able to unlock the ignition. Got home an hour late and after supper tried the extra key that i keep home and that would not work. Finally i soaked the cylinder with WD-40 and then used a liquid lock lubricant that contained graphite. Tried the keys again and they all worked. Any body come up with this in the past. I am thinking of getting a new set of keys from Saturn to be on the safe side. Only thing i can think off is a piece of lint, paper etc stuck inside the cylinder.

Any ideas please let me know. Getting stuck in Manhattan could be very costly. Like $150.00 to jump start a dead battery.

from a saturn forum...might work...we gotta replace it asap though.

yea, i found some other related articles about alot of saturns. just tried the wd40 but didn't work. maybe i didn't use enough, wasn't sure if it would jack up any electrical stuff.

probably....i think you need the graphite too though, or just graphite. pinewood derby cars style!

yea cept i dont have graphite and im impatient and want to get it to work so i can drive myself to work and not have to have lauren drop me off at 6am.

hammer and screwdriver...its gotta work! no but seriously you can do what i said and jump power to the starter bypassing the solenoid. might feel a little pinch, nothing a man couldn't take though

yup, just found the hammer screwdriver trick, gonna try that now. jumping the starter might help give me an extra kick in the morning too! i hate working at 6.

some people like their coffee black, i like my voltage high!

Of course it didn't work. lightly tapping, lightly smashing, soaked the hell out of it, maybe just maybe it will just so happen to work tomorrow morning.

awesome bad solenoid! thanks for your help.

:clears throat: starter? :chuckles then coughs because i have larengitis...:

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Originally Posted by sweetbmxrider (Post 457379)

:clears throat: starter? :chuckles then coughs because i have larengitis...:

I actually meant to say solenoid......im gonna have to edit that I feel dumb.

me---->:knock: <----you. haha