Q: Steering wheel locked up

asked by on January 16, 2017

Steering wheel locked i think its a security system issue like i need to put in some kind of code. The car starts and goes but steering wont move. Tried to rock steering wheel back and forth. Tried puting into nuetral and back into park while turning the wheel . But the wheel wont move

My car has 135000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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