When in "park", does your shifter button pop all the way back up? Sounds like your shifter lever may not be going all the way "home." Any modification to the shifter lever or shift knob? Any issues starting the car or shifting out of park?

 

 

also, is this a genuine OEM key that you are using?

without knowing anything else all we can do is guess.

but similar issues in the accord forums

https://www.driveaccord.net/forums/4-problems-solutions/48958-key-stuck-ignition.html

 

also, is this a genuine OEM key that you are using?

without knowing anything else all we can do is guess.

but similar issues in the accord forums

https://www.driveaccord.net/forums/4-problems-solutions/48958-key-stuck-ignition.html

There is both a mechanical and an electrical interlock. You may have a bad wire to the solenoid that lets you remove the key. Have you tried jiggling the key? Time to have some professional trouble shooting done before you can't remove the key at all.

 

Dealer. We probably can't fix it from here.

 

Its the Sensor..

Thanks Guys, I was told by local mechanics that its a sensor located at "P" gear issue. If I keep re triggering the gear to "P", it will finally unlock!:crying:

 

Thanks Guys, I was told by local mechanics that its a sensor located at "P" gear issue. If I keep re triggering the gear to "P", it will finally unlock!:crying:

Loose wire or bad sensor both things you can repair. In some cases it is what is called a Neutral Safety switch. There is also a little cover you can remove to one side of the shift that you can possibly manually trigger the release.

 

I was going to guess you turned the key off with the wheel turned to the left or right. This will sometimes cause it to be hard to remove the key.

 

Probably a bad neutral switch in the shifter assembly.

 

Thx for your post! I swapped out my shifter today and it locked my key in. I found many other "solutions" online - from disconnecting the battery to jumping fuses to cutting wires to disassembling part of the tranny - but the shifter was simply sitting 1/16” too low. Read your post, tweaked the height, and I was on my way! My new katana shifter looks both very cool and very ridiculous - exactly as intended. ?

 

I'm having the same problem with a 2007 CRV. Key won't release and shifter is now completely stuck in Park.
My wife was having this problem some times, but we could usually fiddle with the shifter while engine was running, get it into a gear or N, then back to P, then shut it off and release the key.
But it's really stuck and just sitting in the driveway on the 1 setting, keys stuck.

Can you point me to a step by step of adjusting the shift position or sensor? You say you tweaked the height but I don't see the post explaining that.
Thanks!

 

Happy to be able to help.

 

Unfortunately Z-Birdman hasn't been on the forums for almost 3 years, hopefully someone else will post with the information.