Questions & Answers for: battery dead steering wheel locked

Question about 1998 Cavalier

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...the lock right side of the exposed mechanism. You may have a dead battery...happened on my grand am...connect a charger or jumper cables...or install a good battery and this should solve you ...

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Question about 2006 Cobalt

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battery went dead and didnt know it and tried to start my car and now my key wont go all the way back and cant get in trunk to get to battery. under the steering column right behind the steering wheel

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...battery went dead should not affect the ability for the key too turn unless the igntion switch melted ? not sure on your model if the switchs is behind the lock cylinder or further down the column ? ...

Question about 1997 Grand Am

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Battery dead, key stuck in ignition. Just like the summarization describes, my battery was dead this morning and when I went to test it out, I couldn't get the key out of the ignition. It was in park.

...battery was dead, replaced battery and now key will not turn. Did ya try cranking that wheel to the left real hard? You can get locked sometimes Try using a little force on the steering wheel. ...

battery is not dead? It's possible for ignitions to become locked when the battery is very dead and not simply near-dead. Try testing by attempting to turn on your head lights. Try jumping the battery

Question about 1999 Voyager

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...battery is not dead A couple of guesses so if it fails you'll have to post the problem again. 1) Is there a button to release the ignition lock, sometimes on the underneath of the steering column? 2) ...

Question about 2005 SRX V6

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dead battery key stuck in ignition battery is dead and I can't get key out of ignition steering wheel is not locked charge car battery !!! there is more than likely aelectric solenoid that will only ...

...battery dead ---and under ignition switch on column will see a small access hole use a paper clip or other small object to push up a release key --and if battery dead jump vehicle to either start or ...

...Dead battery: If the battery is dead or low on power, it can cause the steering wheel lock to engage and prevent the key from turning. Try jump-starting the vehicle or replacing the battery to see if ...

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