Q: Ignition

asked by on January 04, 2018

Ignition is out but not in auxilery when removed .need to put in aux pos b4 can put new one in . see a bolt tried turning that to get to aux wont budge and steering is locked . how do i manualy get ignition to aux with tgnition already out

My car has 140000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

You will need to remove ignition switch to move position of key slot to get ignition back in.

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