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Old 05-22-2006, 11:44 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by kuoh
When the steering wheel is locked, it puts a bit of pressure on the ignition key interlock. Try turning the wheel a bit in the opposite direction from where it's locked and turning the key at the same time.

As for the wiring problem, how did you determine that the battery gets shorted when the wheel is turned? Did you do some measuring or did you just turn the wheel and come out the next day to a dead battery and assume that was the cause?

KuoH
I've had this problem too and the above solution worked for me.
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