Comments on: Non-Starter http://b.rox.com/2008/10/09/non-starter-2/ Pronounce the dot. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:42:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: b.rox » Blog Archive » Non-Starter http://b.rox.com/2008/10/09/non-starter-2/comment-page-1/#comment-254082 b.rox » Blog Archive » Non-Starter Tue, 28 Oct 2008 17:01:00 +0000 http://b.rox.com/?p=2049#comment-254082 [...] morning the car wouldn’t start again. Only three weeks since the last time. Cocking the wheel didn’t help. Nothing helped. I waited about five or ten minutes, and it [...] [...] morning the car wouldn’t start again. Only three weeks since the last time. Cocking the wheel didn’t help. Nothing helped. I waited about five or ten minutes, and it [...]

]]> By: Clay http://b.rox.com/2008/10/09/non-starter-2/comment-page-1/#comment-247912 Clay Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:03:38 +0000 http://b.rox.com/?p=2049#comment-247912 Cars have an interlock between the steering wheel and the ignition switch. It is meant to keep the wheel from turning if the key is not turned in the ignition. Sounds like some part has worn or a spring came loose. Find the part that's busted (probably a plastic piece that's popped off), find an equivalent part in a junkyard, and swap it out. That's the best route if you want to get it fixed. Had to do something similar with my door handle: http://noladishu.blogspot.com/2008/09/fixing-tomato.html Cars have an interlock between the steering wheel and the ignition switch. It is meant to keep the wheel from turning if the key is not turned in the ignition. Sounds like some part has worn or a spring came loose.

Find the part that’s busted (probably a plastic piece that’s popped off), find an equivalent part in a junkyard, and swap it out. That’s the best route if you want to get it fixed.

Had to do something similar with my door handle:
http://noladishu.blogspot.com/2008/09/fixing-tomato.html

]]> By: Lee http://b.rox.com/2008/10/09/non-starter-2/comment-page-1/#comment-247643 Lee Thu, 09 Oct 2008 19:59:46 +0000 http://b.rox.com/?p=2049#comment-247643 The GM family of automobiles has a history with these problems. My truck sometimes won't let go of the key until you press the button on the gearshift a few times. One time this wouldn't do the trick, and the whole ignition assembly had to be replaced. The GM family of automobiles has a history with these problems. My truck sometimes won’t let go of the key until you press the button on the gearshift a few times.

One time this wouldn’t do the trick, and the whole ignition assembly had to be replaced.

]]> By: katie http://b.rox.com/2008/10/09/non-starter-2/comment-page-1/#comment-247631 katie Thu, 09 Oct 2008 18:44:21 +0000 http://b.rox.com/?p=2049#comment-247631 In my brother's old mazda millenia - it was some sort of security feature. the car would not start if the steering wheel was "locked." turning it all the way one way or the other would usually unlock it and you could start it right up. strange but true In my brother’s old mazda millenia – it was some sort of security feature. the car would not start if the steering wheel was “locked.”

turning it all the way one way or the other would usually unlock it and you could start it right up.

strange but true

]]> By: David http://b.rox.com/2008/10/09/non-starter-2/comment-page-1/#comment-247585 David Thu, 09 Oct 2008 16:13:11 +0000 http://b.rox.com/?p=2049#comment-247585 A lot of GM cars have a safety feature that prevents their starting if the steering is extremely in one direction or another. A lot of GM cars have a safety feature that prevents their starting if the steering is extremely in one direction or another.

]]> By: liz http://b.rox.com/2008/10/09/non-starter-2/comment-page-1/#comment-247584 liz Thu, 09 Oct 2008 16:10:56 +0000 http://b.rox.com/?p=2049#comment-247584 do you have a saturn? i had the key locking issue with my '98 saturn sl2. my mechanic suggested squirting some of the graphite powder into the key slot. that did seem to take care of that part of the problem. the other issue....well, we have a new car. do you have a saturn? i had the key locking issue with my ’98 saturn sl2. my mechanic suggested squirting some of the graphite powder into the key slot. that did seem to take care of that part of the problem. the other issue….well, we have a new car.

]]> By: HK http://b.rox.com/2008/10/09/non-starter-2/comment-page-1/#comment-247575 HK Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:37:42 +0000 http://b.rox.com/?p=2049#comment-247575 I've heard this issue discussed before on Click and Clack (on NPR). You might go to their site -- I think you can search for answers that were previously given. Or you can post your issue on a blog on their site. I barely know which end to put the gas in, but I think this has to do with something going wrong in the mechanism where the key is inserted. I hesitate to call that piece the "starter" because that's probably the wrong name for it.......... Hope you can extract at least something somewhat useful from this ramble. -HK I’ve heard this issue discussed before on Click and Clack (on NPR). You might go to their site — I think you can search for answers that were previously given. Or you can post your issue on a blog on their site.
I barely know which end to put the gas in, but I think this has to do with something going wrong in the mechanism where the key is inserted. I hesitate to call that piece the “starter” because that’s probably the wrong name for it……….

Hope you can extract at least something somewhat useful from this ramble.

-HK

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