Am able to shift into park and turn off the ignition but not able to remove key. It takes several tries to shift gears until able to turn the key to release it. This was happening for a while and stopped and has started doing it more consistently now.
2016 Subaru Legacy electrical complaints
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After placing vehicle in park, roughly 30% of times this is done, key cannot be turned back far enough to remove it. So far the only way to get it out is to restart car, shift through all the gears, and place it back in park. Sometimes this must be done 2-3 times. This started happening around 62,000 miles.
Key cannot be removed from ignition after placing car in park. Literally have to either slam car into park or start car and immediately shut it down. Problem started right after hitting 60000 miles.
Key can not be removed from the ignition. It does not help turning the steering wheel to unlock it. Shifting in and out of drive/neutral/park several times will eventually unlock it. Has been happening intermittently for about 2 months and happens now every time.
The key gets stuck in the ignition. Put car in park and can not get the ignition cylinder to turn all the back to remove the key
2016 subaru legacy will not release key from ignition even when car is in park. Will take several attempts and often requires forcefully putting gear shift in park for the key to release from the ignition. Problem is getting progressively worse and subaru of america is claiming no responsibility.
Failure of the park-range switch resulting in the inability to remove key from ignition when shifter is in the park position.
Tl* the contact owns a 2016 subaru legacy. The contact stated that the key failed to release from the ignition switch. There were no warning indicators illuminated. The vehicle was taken to schulte subaru (7601 s minnesota ave, sioux falls, sd 57108, (605) 275-4040), but was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure mileage was approximately 60,000.
Wires and other components are made of soy based materials that attract rodents squirrels chipmunks and cats apparently and have been chewed; the harness was destroyed and potential damage to this and to power steering line, exhaust hoses and other wiring and parts with soy exist. The manufacturer states there is no remedy other than to replace with the same materials. We are concerned not only for financial reasons but particularly safety issues. When I turned on the engine in the morning every warning light on the dash was flashing including brake, transmission, oil, air, etc and I could not drive at all. I have spoken with others who have had accidents or car fires related to this situation.
In less than 36,000 miles it developed a grinding noise that can be felt above 50 MPH. Dealer found a problem with the auto transmission. It will being replaced under warranty. Strange, I thought subaru is known for better transmission. In the same car the cd player stopped working and making noise similar to what you hear when a cd is being ejected. Dealer changed it under warranty. I received a recall letter on dcm software in the car & I took car to the dealer. However, this recall is not listed on web. Why?
Eye site safety main wiring harness rodent damage harness insertion made with soybean so its made of food happened parked in driveway
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