Q: My car won't turn on.
I was coming home from work and I turned the car off. I noticed that a beeping noise was still going off when the car was completely off, it was a beeping noise as of a door was open. I closed the doors and I could still hear the noise. Once I unplug the battery it goes away and as soon as I connect it back the noise starts up again. The key won't turn, i push the clutch in all the way and I'm in neutral. The hole where I put the key is pushed back a bit and I never noticed that, I feel like that's the problem. I feel like the key isn't going all in since it's pushed back so that's why it won't turn on.
My car has 219 miles.
My car has a manual transmission.
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