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Originally Posted by allan40alt
I've always understood it could cause the blade of the key to snap if you exert too much pressure. Far better to slightly move the steering wheel to remove any pressure on the key and turn normally.
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I did this once with my old accord company car. Key snapped off in ignition- luckily was still usable, half was stuck in and all u needed to do was insert the other half and it worked fine!!- the car had done 180K so metal fatigue was probably the main factor.