Greetings. I'm not sure what exactly is stuck here, but my key wont turn. It almost makes it to position 1, but stops short and something above the steering column emits a faint metallic click. My wheel is locked. If I rotate the wheel as far as it will go (again, locked) I can feel vibrations in the key as the wheel goes end to end.

I spent thirty minutes / an hour trying to jiggle it into turning on just one more time, but I think I'm really stuck.

I'm not sure what could have failed. I suppose its actually not all that important whethers its the cylender or steering lock, as my understanding is that I'll need to have the tumbler drilled out and replace the ignition lock, since I cannot get into position 1. But I'll ask anyways: Is the steering lock the same thing as the ignition lock? What are the most likely failures here? Is there any means of recovery short of drilling out the cylender and replacing everything?

This is most unfortunate. The $1000 dealer bill others have reported is way uncool.