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93 Buick Skylark - ca'nt turn the key off


schwingel
05-24-2008, 06:33 AM
With the car in park, the key will not go to the off position. While the car is not running, the dash lights etc continue to be on.

Usually I can return in 2-3 hours and it will turn off completely.

There seems to be a relationship to the charge in the battery. On occasion, I have lowered the electric window a few times and that has accelerated the process of getting my key out.

schwingel
05-24-2008, 08:54 AM
Correction on the year -- 1997

Tom_SF
05-26-2008, 04:29 PM
With the car in park, the key will not go to the off position. While the car is not running, the dash lights etc continue to be on.

Usually I can return in 2-3 hours and it will turn off completely.

There seems to be a relationship to the charge in the battery. On occasion, I have lowered the electric window a few times and that has accelerated the process of getting my key out.

It's definitely an electrical problem. It might be the ignition switch. I had a problem with the ABS light coming on for no apparent reason and it turned out to be the ignition switch.

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