Stuck key
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Keys being stuck is a common problem; Since 1969, cars have been interlocked such that you have to put the transmission in park before the steering wheel will lock, and the key was deliberately trapped until that process was completed. This was a legally mandated anti-theft feature, and the interlock just made some sense to stop you from running over yourself or locking the steering wheel while in motion. This is true of all cars, not volvos, as long as cars had keys and shifters (new cars don't anymore). The keys were trapped in use deliberately, all the time, in every car, everywhere.
I don't have a 2005 S40, I admit it. On my volvos, there is a cable connection between the shifter and the ignition lock, but the cable is not the problem. The problem has always been the linkage at the base of the shifter, between the shifter and the cable. They were greased at the factory, and after 20 years that grease gets stiff and they don't move at the proper time. The linkage was designed to work off the shifter button return spring and that's all the force you have available. No way to add force. It's very limiting.
I don't have a 2005 S40, I admit it. On my volvos, there is a cable connection between the shifter and the ignition lock, but the cable is not the problem. The problem has always been the linkage at the base of the shifter, between the shifter and the cable. They were greased at the factory, and after 20 years that grease gets stiff and they don't move at the proper time. The linkage was designed to work off the shifter button return spring and that's all the force you have available. No way to add force. It's very limiting.
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I also have 2005 Volvo S40(manual gear shift) with stuck key...I have read about the buttons on the gear lever which applies to only Automatic gear shifts....please how do I get the key out...everything works fine...the car starts and stops but the key won’t just come out
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Castiel (07-02-2022)
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05 Volvo S40 Manual Stuck Key
I also have 2005 Volvo S40(manual gear shift) with stuck key...I have read about the buttons on the gear lever which applies to only Automatic gear shifts....please how do I get the key out...everything works fine...the car starts and stops but the key won’t just come out
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They key is only stuck because the car doesn't have voltage. This isn't hard to troubleshoot - just hook up a voltmeter (or even just a test light), and start working forward from the positive battery terminal (to the clamp, to the fusebox input, etc.) until you find where you have 12 volts on one side of a component / cable / clamp, but not the other side. Then you've found your problem.
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They key is only stuck because the car doesn't have voltage. This isn't hard to troubleshoot - just hook up a voltmeter (or even just a test light), and start working forward from the positive battery terminal (to the clamp, to the fusebox input, etc.) until you find where you have 12 volts on one side of a component / cable / clamp, but not the other side. Then you've found your problem.
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