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Old Jul 13, 2001 | 04:46 PM
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Can't keep ignition switch in aux. position

When I just want to listen to the radio or something, I can turn the key backwards to the auxillary position, but it won't stay there. It just goes back to the off position. Any ideas?
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Old Jul 13, 2001 | 05:39 PM
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This sounds like a problem within the colum maybe your ign. cylider is bad or the swith itself. my camaro will not play radio in acc. could be when i hooked up my radio, but start there
<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by KS91Z28:
When I just want to listen to the radio or something, I can turn the key backwards to the auxillary position, but it won't stay there. It just goes back to the off position. Any ideas?</font>
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Old Jul 15, 2001 | 11:28 PM
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I've seen a lot of old GM steering columns do that.

If you have tilt wheel, try tilting it all the way up, and then see if the key will stay in Accessory.

If that doesn't work, you can live with it, or rebuild the steering column.
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Old Jul 16, 2001 | 07:42 AM
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When you say "rebuild the steering column", do you mean going through and tightening things things up and replacing the lock cylinder or something more specific?
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