My dad's '97 Stratus did this for a while, what we basically did was kept
jiggling the key until it started, usually about 25 seconds of jiggling were
needed (like you would with a frozen door lock).
Eventually, we replaced the keyswitch, around $60 IIRC.
-- -Jon jonsdak@midmaine.com http://jonsdakota.tripod.com 1996 Dodge Dakota Sport 4X4, 3.9L V6, 42RE, 3.92:1 8.25 axle, "BackRack" Headache Rack, Dodge Motorsports decals, steering wheel cover, and front license plate, diamond-plate bedrail covers, Lund VentVisors, Lund BugShield, Jensen MP-3310 CD/MP3 Receiver, Pioneer TS-G1347's in front, TS-A5713's in rear""David Henry"" <DML@HenryWeb.net> wrote in message news:000701c29cd8$af206500$1d02a8c0@HENRY... > > Arghh!!! > > I've finally got the Dak running again and it's been fine for the last > couple months. Thanks to all the suggustions. The problem went away after > I re-did any underhood splice I could find and replaced the last couple feet > of wire running to the coil. > > I've got the plow back out of storage and everything works. It's starting > to snow again, and I can't get the key to turn in the ignition. Can't move > it either forward or back. I tried both my OEM keys with the same result > and no difference. I'm about to start digging through the FSM, but does > anyone have any ideas? At this rate I'm never going to find out if BFG MT's > work in the snow or not. Oh yeah, the stearing wheel isn't locked either, > I can still wiggle a little bit each way. > > David Henry > 94 CC Sport 4x4, 318 5spd, Lifted 33" BFG MT (Starting to snow in Detroit, > MI) >
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