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Originally Posted by 69-er
I believe like shnomac77 said, the cable was damaged during installation, or there was actual melting of the insulation.
For the cable to simply wear in this short amount of time, it would have had to been in a major pinching situation. I don't see how even excessive vibration could have done the damage in such a short amount of time.
Also, what about the key not being able to be removed without power? What's the purpose of that design?
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loss of power is not the reason for not being able to remove the key but a result of loss of power to the interlock after the car has been started. My HHR had the interlock switch on the transmission to go out and I could not remove the key as a result. the same thing occures if you were to remove the battery cable after the key was turned to the run position, when you turn you cannot remove it... In an Automatic transmission car The interlock prevents Key removal until the car is in the Park position and the ignition is off..
Instead of doing it Mechanically like in the old days with Column Shift, it is done with solinoids and relays now...