Ignition Jamming
04-12-2007 | 07:27 AM
#81
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Joined: 01-20-2006
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From: Centralia, Missouri
Had the shifter replaced in ours today. Brought it in at 2:30 PM and it was done in about 2 hours (Including an oil change!) I thought it would be in there overnight!
Funny thing though, the part # shown of the invoice is 15828148? One number different from Don's.
Wonder if there are different versions? This new one appears to be different from the original, but I can't say exactly why. I don't drive the HHR, I'm usually just the passenger and I don't spend a lot of time looking at the shift knob.
Hope that solves the key jamming problem anyway!
04-12-2007 | 08:11 AM
#82
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From: Miami
05-06-2007 | 11:00 PM
#86
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From: Scammon, KS
I just bought a 2006 LS, with 28,000 miles on it from the dealer in Joplin MO
. My wife just woke me up telling me that the key will not come out of the ignition; also the steering wheel has never locked. I did not know it was supposed to lock. 
I tried everything I could think of to get it to release. Then I came in and started to read this thread. I thought I was going crazy, I mean how can you not be able to get a key out?
I guess she will have to call the dealer in the morning.
I still really like the HHR.
. My wife just woke me up telling me that the key will not come out of the ignition; also the steering wheel has never locked. I did not know it was supposed to lock. I tried everything I could think of to get it to release. Then I came in and started to read this thread. I thought I was going crazy, I mean how can you not be able to get a key out?
I guess she will have to call the dealer in the morning.
I still really like the HHR.
05-07-2007 | 06:42 AM
#88
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Joined: 01-04-2007
Posts: 30
From: Altamonte Springs, FL
Yea, I'm having the same problem with my key not coming out of the ignition. My sister and dad have been driving my car while I'm working out some court stuff, but one night my dad called me saying that the key wouldn't come out of the ignition. He finally got it out, but the next day it got stuck again and NO ONE TOLD ME! So for about a week they've been driving it like that, and finally the battery died and thats when I found out yesterday what was wrong. So pissed because any time last week they could have gotten it fixed at the dealership. So I gotta get that done today or tomorrow.
05-07-2007 | 07:52 AM
#89
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From: Miami
05-07-2007 | 12:50 PM
#90
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Joined: 05-06-2007
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From: Scammon, KS
Finally got the Key out. My wife found out how.
Had to take off the access panel on the steering column and push the spring toward the drivers door, while turning and pulling the key out. It is a 2 handed operation, but the battery shouldn't go dead now.
Had to take off the access panel on the steering column and push the spring toward the drivers door, while turning and pulling the key out. It is a 2 handed operation, but the battery shouldn't go dead now.