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Old 02-06-2015, 07:18 AM
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Very new to the jeep world and needing help as I can't find the solution anywhere.

When I put my key in the ignition to turn it on, it turns over fine. But when I turn it off to take the key out, the key doesn't always turn back to it's "normal" placement (one click from accessory). It does this about 95% of the time, other times the key can move freely between all possible selections.
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Make sure to kinda push inwards on the key while turning, but above all make sure you are 100% in park - when this happens just push hard against the shift lever all the way forward. 99% of the time that does the trick. My wife's jeep does this and that's how she fixes it every time.
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Wow, thanks! Didn't realize it was that simple to push it all the way into park to get it to work. Thanks again!
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