In my limited un-expert experience - Saturn had a lot of
problems with sloppy ignition / key . very early on - and for
several years ..
My wife's 2013 Jetta has displayed sticky ignition key
problems for quite a while - now at ~ 200 k km .
One thing that was mentioned as a possible cause -
- heavy key-ring stuff -
And parking with the steering wheel cocked so you need
to force the key ...
John T.


* The proper thing to do in the case of steering wheel tension is to
turn the wheel to take the tension off before you turn the key . Duh .


Yep - fur shur - but that doesn't explain why the
old Saturn and the Jetta have this problem - but -
our 4 Taurus and the Olds and F100 and Kia didn't ..
.... same drivers .. etc.
The Saturns were famous - you could start it up and
pull out the key while it was still running ..
John T.