Spring not turning back to turn of the power - Cars & Trucks

Your Brake pedal spring is not pulling the pedal up far enough to push the brake light switch button back in. You may need a stronger spring or possibly just that the spring is un-hooked under dash. Pull up on the pedal and lights should go out.

key switch needs replacement and when pulled out check the actual switch mechanism behind the key switch you can use a screwdriver to turn it on and start.all key switch must retract to the on for prevention of starter overrunning .

jack up the front of the car and see how difficult it is to turn the steering wheels from lock to lock. Allowing for the steering box resistance they should turn freely once you have established movement. If you have power steering you may have to disconnect from the box. What you are looking for here is binding ball joints or king pin bearings . If you are happy that there is no appreciable resistance then have a wheel alignment done paying attention to castor settings as this is what gives the self centring affect to steering. The bigger the angle the harder to turn but the quicker it returns . AS the wheels are turned the vehicle is lifted up because of the angle and when the wheel is let go the vehicle drops back down and so spins the wheel back to centre.. If you have leaf springs in the front I would be checking out the spring camber AS this problem comes from sagging leaf springs turning the axle forward and so putting the castor in negative territory.

the indicator unit under the steering wheel has a spring loaded section that hits a pin on the wheel so that when you turn back the pin hits the spring section and pulls the lever to the central position. You may have to remove the wheel and replace this section or switch.

AIR COIL SPRINGS WILL DEFLATE AND BE DAMAGED IF YOU DID NOT TURN OFF AIR SUSPENSION SYSTEM BEFORE RAISING VECHICLE AND CHANGE TIRES IF YOU DONT TURN OFF AIR SUSPENSION IT WILL CAUSE AIR SPRINGS TO OVER INFLATE CAUSE AIR SPRING SPRING DAMAGE.

If memory serves, Chrysler products do have higher-than-average failures on their ignition switches so it may be due for replacement.

YOU NEED A STAR 2 TESTER 007 - 0041 - A OR DIAGNOSTIC EQUIPMENT THAT IS EQUIVALENT TO TURN ON AIR COMPRESSOR TO TEST AND REGULATE AIR TO AIR SPRINGS. ALSO RESET THE AIR SPRING COMPUTER.IF YOU NEED TO RELEASE AIR FROM AIR SPRINGS TURN OFF AIR SUSPENSION SWITCH.THEN REMOVE AIR SPRING SOLENOID RETAINING CLIP,ROTATE THE SOLENOID COUNTERCLOCKWISE TO FIRST STOP, THEN PULL SOLENOID STRAIGHT OUT SLOWLY TO THE SECOND STOP UNTIL ALL AIR BLEEDS OUT AIR SPRING, THEN REMOVE THE SOLENOID. YOU COULD HAVE DAMAGED FRONT AIR SPRINGS WHEN YOU CHANGED OIL WITH OUT TURNING OFF AIR SUSPENSION.WHICH CAUSED AIR SPRINGS OVER EXPAND DAMAGING THEM.

ok this is due to a broken clock spring ,, its a common problem.. fix is listed below.. ps you will need to have a diagnostic tool, a key and a bit of experience ,, if you dont I suggest you get a maechanic to do it for you, the procedure is complicated a bit..
Firstly purchase a new clock spring for your vehicle.. (the clock spring is a device that fits in the steering that turns with it. It provides power to your air bags.
DISCONNECT BATTERY TERMINALS

TURN STEERING ALL THE WAY TO THE LEFT

• remove steering by using key and unscrewing it.
• remove clock spring by unjacking the wires and lifting it out.
• turn clock spring all the way to the left
• install clock spring and jack wires and steering back in
• tighten steering key lock
• use a diagnostic tool and clear error code

thats it your done..

While you have the lower spring compressed, reach behind the backing plate and turn the pin to line it up to the slot, instead of turning the spring. Good luck. Hope this helps.

On the back of the ignition switch is a plastic casing which retains a spring to return your key to the correct position once the car has started. The plastci casing wears and the spring does not work sufficiently. You need to replace the ignition switch casing/back end.