# 97 Impreza ignition issue

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/97-impreza-ignition-issue/13010>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** impreza, ignition\
**Created:** [April 18, 2008, 2:15am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/97-impreza-ignition-issue/13010 "2008-04-18T02:15:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![avmercier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a4c791/32.png) [@avmercier](https://community.cartalk.com/u/avmercier)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2008, 2:15am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/97-impreza-ignition-issue/13010/1 "2008-04-18T02:15:14Z")

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My 1997 subaru impreza won’t let go of my key. I can’t turn it all the way into the lock position. Previous to this problem, I seemed to be having a shift-lock problem where when I had a cold start I couldn’t take it out of park until it warmed up for a few minutes. When attempting to shift, pressing the shifter button would cause a clicking noise from behind the instrument panel. Now the sticky shifter and the panel noises are gone, but I would really like to be able to take my key out of the ignition.