Ignition Lock: Service and Repair
REMOVAL1. Disconnect battery ground cable.
2. Rotate key lock cylinder to RUN position. Using a 1/8 inch drift, depress lock cylinder pin through access hole and remove lock cylinder.
3. Remove plastic bearing retainer by inserting a screwdriver or similar tool, with a 90-degree bend on the tip, between bearing retainer and bearing and by prying upward.
NOTE: Carefully note the position of the bearing retainer prior to removal.
4. Insert tip of a screwdriver into double-D slot of steering column bearing, then rotate 90 degrees. Remove bearing.
5. Remove steering column lock gear. Carefully note relationship of steering column lock gear to position of rack teeth.
INSTALLATION
1. Position steering column lock gear in base of lock cylinder in the same position as that noted during removal procedure. The position of steering column lock gear is correct if last tooth on drive gear is meshed with last tooth on rack.
2. With actuator rack in 12 o'clock position, position bearing with tang inboard and in 5 o'clock position in lock cylinder. insert tip of a screwdriver into double-D slot of metal bearing, then rotate counterclockwise 90 degrees.
3. Press plastic bearing retainer into lock cylinder. Make sure retainer is fully seated in its original position.
4. Line up flats of drive gear with flats of washer by pushing down on the steering column lock actuator.
5. Install key lock cylinder assembly.
6. Connect battery ground cable.
NOTE: When the battery has been disconnected and reconnected, some abnormal drive symptoms may occur while the powertrain control module (PCM) relearns its adaptive strategy. The vehicle may need to be driven 16 km (10 miles) or more to relearn the strategy.
7. Check for proper start in PARK and NEUTRAL. Also, check to make sure start circuit cannot be actuated in DRIVE or REVERSE positions and the column is locked in LOCK position.