Q: Ignition switch

asked by on January 27, 2017

I have a 97 ford expedition The ignition starts the vehicle at the first click i replace the ignition switch under the dash and it is still doing the same thing.as soon as it gets power it starts befor i can turn it to the run position and the starter will run continually untill i shut it off or pull the wire off the silanoid what will i have to do to fix my problems

My car has 220000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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