[miesVan]

Previous owner broke off the black tabs that flank both sides of the key on the ignition cylinder. I have never seen these broken on a car before. I am assuming that I have to replace the ignition cylinder and have the dealer code the new key to fix. The cylinder for the manual cars is discontinued. What is the purpose of the button that lets you turn the key to the lock position? Can I put in a new cylinder for an automatic?

 

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Same thing happened on mine. I also came to that conclusion (with help from this forum) that you would have to replace the whole lock cylinder. I just pulled off the broken soft cover which exposes the two plastic arms underneath that gave it support. They're black too so honestly it looks fine.

 

[miesVan]

Unfortunately, someone broke off the plastic "wings" too. I have no idea what they were doing.

 

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yikes, bummer

 

[miesVan]

It drives me nuts since I see it every time I get in the car.

 

[AAIIIC]

Yeah, that's annoying.

And what the hell happened to the key release button? Looks like someone cut it.

 

[miesVan]

I think it's cracked. Maybe happened when the tabs got broken off. But can I replace it with an automatic transmission cylinder and only have to have the keys coded?

 

[lambert]

1 of my ears was broken too. bought it like that, perhapz they couldnt remove key due to anti-theft. or sum dumazz thought they could steal the car that way? lmk i know this izza old thread but ive done worzt thingz in my yearz...

 

[PhilD]

According to GM, they interchange between

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For the ones that don't have the button, there's a break in the outer part. I wonder if you can bend it enough to swap onto your current lock w/o having to rekey? Or cut it in half and superglue it back together in place?