[Deke736]

I need some help from you guys. I seem to having a battery issue. I haven't driven the car in at least a week, and when I went to pop the trunk this morning my Technostalgia taillights started flashing constant but at a reduced power output, and the trunk did not release. I opened the drivers door to push the button and it wouldn't pop there either, and the dome light had low light output. I'm figuring that the battery is almost dead or has a bad connection somewhere. I put the key in the ignition just to see if it will crank and I get nothing but a few clicks.

Now here's the weird part, I cannot get the key out of the ignition. I turned it back and forth to no avail. I pulled on it, wiggled it, and nothing. Not wanting to damage the iginition cylinder, I just left it for now.

I am thinking the battery issue might just be a loose power connection to the engine bay fuse box since I was testing my new scanner bar that I got from AAC last week. I hope I just forgot to tighten the bolt back down when I unhooked the scanner. I don't think it's my taillights since they have been installed for 6 months without any issues, but I will be checking that out as well this evening.

It's the stuck key that has me really confused. Would this be some sort of safety mechanism due to the dead battery (or almost dead)? I ended up having to take my other car to work and I left the key in the ignition with the taillights flashing away (they never turned off after trying to pop the trunk).

Has anybody experienced this before?

EDIT: UPDATE: after putting the car on a battery charger for a few minutes we were able to get the key out. Now the battery is charging and hopefully I can find the source of the drain after work tonight.