# Toyota Camary & Corolla Ignition **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** toyota, camry\ **Created:** [March 7, 2010, 8:21pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/toyota-camary-corolla-ignition/45712 "2010-03-07T20:21:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![trainman1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@trainman1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/trainman1)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2010, 8:21pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/toyota-camary-corolla-ignition/45712/1 "2010-03-07T20:21:45Z")
I have 2003 Corolla & a 2001 Camary, both with the same problem. I have troble turning the ignition key on in both. I jiggle the steering wheel, twist, turn and whatever to get it the key to turn. Sometimes it turns immediately without doing any of these contortions, but other times, I think I will never get the ignition key to turn correctly. Then all of a sudden it works. What is the cure for this? Every time I took it into the shop (like usual) it worked perfectly. Any suggestions. Thanks ---
**Author:** ![mcparadise](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mcparadise/32/32_2.png) [@mcparadise](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mcparadise)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2010, 8:36pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/toyota-camary-corolla-ignition/45712/2 "2010-03-07T20:36:11Z")
Are you parking the cars with the front wheels other than straight ahead? Have you tried the spare keY? ---
**Author:** ![YappaBiddada](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8e7dd6/32.png) [@YappaBiddada](https://community.cartalk.com/u/YappaBiddada)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2010, 8:55pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/toyota-camary-corolla-ignition/45712/3 "2010-03-07T20:55:32Z")
Make sure the car is in park. The shift lever must be properly seated so a switch activates letting the system know it is in park. You may have a flakey sensor position switch. Cycle the gear shift. That was my problem on a different type car. I had to give the gear shift a little extra nudge into park. ---
**Author:** ![YappaBiddada](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8e7dd6/32.png) [@YappaBiddada](https://community.cartalk.com/u/YappaBiddada)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2010, 8:58pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/toyota-camary-corolla-ignition/45712/4 "2010-03-07T20:58:55Z")
You may also have to wiggle the steering wheel a little while nudging the gearshift. Hope this helps. ---
**Author:** ![trainman1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@trainman1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/trainman1)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2010, 10:39pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/toyota-camary-corolla-ignition/45712/5 "2010-03-07T22:39:22Z")
I will try to park the wheels straight and I have used the spare key. Thanks for the quick response. Ed ---
**Author:** ![lion9car](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/59ef9b/32.png) [@lion9car](https://community.cartalk.com/u/lion9car)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2010, 11:01pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/toyota-camary-corolla-ignition/45712/6 "2010-03-07T23:01:38Z")
Do you have a lot of heavy stuff on your keychain? This can wear out the lock over time. ---
**Author:** ![hd72mm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/9fc29f/32.png) [@hd72mm](https://community.cartalk.com/u/hd72mm)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 8:48pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/toyota-camary-corolla-ignition/45712/7 "2010-03-08T20:48:22Z")
When you park pull em brake then put into park ---
**Author:** ![trainman1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@trainman1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/trainman1)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 2:44am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/toyota-camary-corolla-ignition/45712/8 "2010-03-09T02:44:17Z")
Yes, I will keep a seperate key for the ignition. Hope this helps. Thanks