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I have a '94 Accord Stn. Wagon. I got a new key cut and it was cut
from a blank that is a little bit shorter than the original. As a
consequence I can't push it in far enough to allow it to turn back and
be removed from the ignition.

Anyway around this? Can I defeat the interlock temporarily?

For the record, the car is in park and the indicator on the dash shows
that it is in park.

I tried disconecting the negative terminal of the battery but no luck.

Sugggestions?

gary

gary <garywhite@ca.inter.net> spake unto the masses in
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> I have a '94 Accord Stn. Wagon. I got a new key cut and it was cut
> from a blank that is a little bit shorter than the original. As a
> consequence I can't push it in far enough to allow it to turn back and
> be removed from the ignition.
>
> Anyway around this? Can I defeat the interlock temporarily?


If you have access to a Dremel, you could cut off the key's head so that
the head is only as wide as the shank. This would prevent the head from
striking the bezel and allow the key to travel a bit further in.

I suppose if you had a set of good tin snips or bolt cutters with enough
leverage, you could use those instead.

--
TeGGeR®

wow, thats a pretty funny situation u got there

the lock is mechanical, so no use playing with the battery,
you can always disassemble the whole block

"gary" <garywhite@ca.inter.net> wrote in message
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> I have a '94 Accord Stn. Wagon. I got a new key cut and it was cut
> from a blank that is a little bit shorter than the original. As a
> consequence I can't push it in far enough to allow it to turn back and
> be removed from the ignition.
>
> Anyway around this? Can I defeat the interlock temporarily?
>
> For the record, the car is in park and the indicator on the dash shows
> that it is in park.
>
> I tried disconecting the negative terminal of the battery but no luck.
>
> Sugggestions?
>
> gary
>

>"gary" <garywhite@ca.inter.net> wrote in message
> I have a '94 Accord Stn. Wagon. I got a new key cut and it was cut
> from a blank that is a little bit shorter than the original. As a
> consequence I can't push it in far enough to allow it to turn back and
> be removed from the ignition.
> Anyway around this? Can I defeat the interlock temporarily?
> For the record, the car is in park and the indicator on the dash shows
> that it is in park.
> I tried disconecting the negative terminal of the battery but no luck.

Push a tiny indented button on the side and the key cylinder it pops
right out with ignition turn to on. I'm talking about a `93 Accord.

I had this happened to me often, the key was cut too short.
Actually, I made a copy key with a file and a blank (uncut) key. I
don't know how you feel about removing the key cylinder but it
was a simple problem for me.
Tibur