Hello,
I'm having a problem with my 1999 Grand Prix where when I turn off the car sometimes I cannot remove the key from the ignition. It will go to the off position, but won't go to the lock position to allow me to remove the key.
I can get the key out by using the shift lock override under the steering column and poking it with a screwdriver.
From looking online, I can see that it could be any number of things, but one solution seems like it may be the most likely, and that is that there might be some wires that unlock the key and these may be going bad causing the problem to occur only intermittently.
My question is, until I can get this fixed, is it ok to use the shift lock override to remove my key in the cases where it gets stuck? Will using this override for the short / possibly long term cause any problems?
Thanks for any help you can provide.