help! Key won't leave LOCK position! :(
 

hey everyone, I searched and couldn't find anything that would help. I have a 93 sc300 and the key won't turn in the ignition. The steering wheel is locked now too so I have go idea what to do. Tried moving the steering wheel and key around at the same time for about 2 hours but still no luck.

Happy new years everyone

That's weird, you should be able to turn steering wheel a little and than turn the key.

Ive tried that for 2 hours straight, still no luck =/ I turned the steering wheel every possible way, jiggled the key, moved it back and forth slowly etc. but still no lucky.

Is it the original key? Maby you bent it some how.:uh:

Yeah its the original key with the remote unlock/lock which doesnt work. Im thinking that the key might have been bent but the last time i started it was last week and it didnt struggle this much.

Is the car in Park? That happened to me once.

make sure it's completely in Park

Was it in park?




:uh:

yeah the car is in park for sure, I even did the shift lock and moved it to neutral and park

Sounds stupid but is your foot on the brake when you try to switch the ignition on? Is there an aftermarket immobiliser stuffing around with you?

no everything is OEM, i tried pressing the brake, mov ing the steering wheel left and right, even has hard as i could. I even tried gently doing everything but still no luck.

Im going to try to get a copy of a spare and valey key for lexus tomorrow. Does anyone happen to know how much that would run me?

yeah that happened to me try to wiggle the shifter

Yup... :(
msglength

this happened to me for about 20 min. I was scared ****less. I started punchin the console and nothin. It was so wierd cause no matter how hard u tried to pull it out it wasn't budging. finally whatever was holding it, just let it go like normal. hasn't happened since. good luck