Hello all,
A little background to my scenario. My darling wife called me yesterday and
said that she had locked the keys in the trunk after the car doors were
already locked. "Not to worry" I said, "we'll just get the local Automobile
Association to come and unlock it." I arrived at the scene shortly before
the AA fellow did and in a few minutes he had the back door open and we
popped the trunk from the button in the glove compartment. We then used the
remote lock/unlock feature button on the key ring to silence the alarm and
unlock the rest of the car doors. No problems so far. We thanked the AA
gentleman and we all went on our way. (No charge, by the way) When I got
home later on, my wife said that the key would not come out of the ignition.
I checked it out and sure enough, it would start and stop the engine and the
car operated normally but would not turn far enough back to be allowed
freedom.
Upon examination, I found the little lock solenoid was not getting any
power. To remove the key, I had to manually depress the solenoid, which has
a little pop out cover beneath the steering column.
My question is this. Is this mere coincidence that this would have happened
erstwhile being opened by our AA friend or is there something sinister
brewing in the heart of the anti-theft device to cause my conundrum?
Thanks in advance
Bill