Originally Posted by canadablue
I am printing out the instructions, thanks so much. I'll contact a local mechanic who looked at it once already and ask him to try again. Are you saying if I replace any parts I'll just have the same problem again someday, but if I follow these instructions there are no new parts to replace at all and it will be fixed forever? Please be patient, I'm a girl...
That is what it looks like - it's not just the original assemblies that do this, but all of them. By removing the spring and latch the instructions refer to, you remove the secondary ignition lock function - but the primary one is still there, so your wheel still locks!
I have not heard of anyone having the problem again after removing the spring and latch. I got stranded with my car about one month ago. Cost $100 to have it towed home and I fixed it in about two hours. (I had just bought the car six weeks before and didn't know it was warning the previous owner, I doubt he realized what was going to happen.)