Ignition Switch
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From: CHARLESTON, SC
Ignition Switch
2001 Excursion, AT -column shift
Not sure which is the correct forum for this problem but, here goes. About an hour after driving my truck, I got into it to make another trip. The ignition switch would not turn - not even to the accessory position. I tried a couple of times, removed the key and reinserted it and then tried my wife's key. Nothing worked, but in the process I noticed that the steering wheel was not locked. I tried turning the steering wheel back and forth a few times to make it lock or make the key turn, still no luck. Then, I partially removed the key and reinserted it (somewhat forcefully) several times in quick succession. I felt somewhat of a spring action as I reinserted the key and, after that, the key turned and the truck started. The steering wheel lock still does not work. I am not so concerned about the steering wheel lock as I am about the possibility of the ignition switch hanging up again. Any ideas about what may have happened?
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Not sure which is the correct forum for this problem but, here goes. About an hour after driving my truck, I got into it to make another trip. The ignition switch would not turn - not even to the accessory position. I tried a couple of times, removed the key and reinserted it and then tried my wife's key. Nothing worked, but in the process I noticed that the steering wheel was not locked. I tried turning the steering wheel back and forth a few times to make it lock or make the key turn, still no luck. Then, I partially removed the key and reinserted it (somewhat forcefully) several times in quick succession. I felt somewhat of a spring action as I reinserted the key and, after that, the key turned and the truck started. The steering wheel lock still does not work. I am not so concerned about the steering wheel lock as I am about the possibility of the ignition switch hanging up again. Any ideas about what may have happened?
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Originally Posted by bugeyed
sometimes that happens, and you just gotta rock the wheel back and forth. Or release the brake and let it roll a couple of inches.
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I have been having issues too. Only my truck will not return to the completely off position where I can remove the key. I just started noticing this about 2 weeks ago, tonight it left me waiting 15 mins before I could screw around with it enough to get it to turn completely off. Very very aggravating....I gotta find what the hell the deal is. 
