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Originally Posted by barnumlives
To summarize:
1) if your ignition key won't turn and you somehow do manage to get it to turn, DO NOT TURN IT BACK PAST THE NUMBER ONE POSITION!!! This may your last chance to fairly easily diagnose and repair this problem without having to stand on your head to accomplish it. if your car is running reach under the hood and manually stop the engine then carefully remove the negative cable from your battery.
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Since I currently suffer from the same malady, it might be of interest to yourself and others to understand that you are perfectly fine with turning the key back to the original locked position.
SIMPLY TURN THE STEERING WHEEL 90 DEGREES FROM CENTER.
Nothing will lock and no problems will be encountered with the lock mechanism as it never engages the steering column.
This situation is one where the ignition cylinder has previously been replaced (within the last 50K miles) and the suspect is the lock mechanism to the column. Therefore, I cannot be certain if this approach will work if the lock cylinder itself is worn.