ok well i dont know where else to put this so mods, go ahead and move it to where u want it...ok when i got home tonight i shut the car off, and turned the key to try and take it out....well i had a really hard time turning the key to the lock position but i eventually used both hands and got the key out....then i look down and the trannys in drive....i put the key in and i cant turn the ignition at all, it doesnt even move. the button on the side of the shifter i assume is now broken because i dont even need to push it in to changee gear. so now my car is ****ed...please help me, i think im gonna have to take the steering column apart and see whats wrong, but i dont know what else to do. please add any info u can.

and yes im an idiot...but it was 130 in the morning and half asleep, couldent see out teh front window cuza frost and no heater, and my Y pipe and cat are missing temporarily so i wanted to get home asap so i didnt wake anyone up, and during all that i forgot to put it in park.

 

Same thing happen to me, I got in hurry shutting off car, and I shut it off, with transmission in gear, I think in reverse.

Now my steering column is froze up, and the igntion cylinder is also stuck.

My shifter always has had the button stuck in, so you can shift,
without pressing it in, so I don't think that the shifter button is related to the frozen ignition problem.

 

Did you try jaring the steering wheel around?
Sometimes the wheel being turned odd can do that
I cant imagine that having any effect on the shifter though
will it down shift with out the button being pressed?
(You know you can up shift with out pushing it.)

Just a few fill in the blank questions

 

I just got mine fixed, I pushed the ignition cylinder in towards the
steering column, and then it turned, and came loose.

 

yeah the day after i posted this i just kinda kranked the wheel side to side and put some force into turning the key and it worked...but thanks for the help

 

Dont you love that about our cars!
With just a bit of brute force and ingenuity we can fix them

This new crap if you lean on it the wrong way it breaks