On 4/25/2017 6:12 AM, Diesel wrote:


I'm just telling you what my 92 SAAB 9000S lets me do. Now, it will
not engage the solenoid if I'm not in park or neutral. However, I'm
free to insert/remove the key and shut it down if it's already
running in any gear. It just won't let me try to start it if it's not
in park or neutral. There's nothing on the electrical schematic I
have for the car to force it to hold the key, and, as far as I can
tell, nothing in the diagrams I've got on the switching assembly
itself, either. It seems to be a solid ignition switch, not loose or
anything, so... this particular car seems to lack the ability to keep
my key until I put it in park. I don't have to be on the brakes to
start it, either, but.. I've learned from personal experience that if
I'm not on the brakes and I shift into drive, it's going to move, on
it's own without me touching the gas.


Are you shifting into drive from P or N? Not sure when it became
effective but it is required to press the brake to get out of Park. I
thought it was in the 80's but not sure.
This has been revised and has many date but covers it
49 CFR 571.102 - STANDARD NO. 102;
https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/49/571.102