I just started having an issue where we would turn off the car and the key will get stuck in the ignition when trying to pull it out. I did a quick search online and someone said to turn the wheel a little bit and that seemed to work. So I got it out finally after doing that but I kept starting it back up and retrying it and almost every time it would get stuck again while turning it off. Sometimes the wheel turn would work, other times it wouldn't and I would just have to keep trying to pull it out on it's own and it would come out.

What is going on and what can I do to stop this from happening? Not having any other issues with the car besides this, no error message or anything on the display. Again, it's a 2008 Volvo S40 Automatic. Thanks in advance! Please keep in mind I'm not very car savvy.

EDIT: Ok so update. It did this for the first time last night and it did again again when my wife got to work this morning. But when she got home today, it didn't do it and hasn't been doing it a few times after when I tried turning it on and off? Could it still be a bad ignition switch or something else even if it worked fine just minutes ago? I don't know what to do now.

 

another possible cause of the key getting stuck in the ignition is a sticky shifter button. The key won't come out if the shifter senses the car is not in park so try manually pulling out the shifter button while wiggling the shifter when its in park. You can also spray some lubriant between the button and handle. If it still is happening pop off the handle to see if the button's hinge is broken.