Broken ignition switch, or Mark's chip?

[Warren N.CA]

And your wife should be ashamed of herself, and you should be ashamed of yourself for listening to her. I suggest you punish her by requiring her to do all future oil changes!

1990 525 automatic:
Ignition switch turns just enough to release steering lock, but no further. Not even to position 1. Am I correct that this is some sort of mechanical interlock problem? What is involved? (I tried wiggling the key, the steering wheel, and the shifter in every conceivable combination)

Of course it doesn't look good to my wife that this happened on the very first outing after installing new EAT chip (45 miles away)(she had to come get me)(car is being towed back in). She wasn't convinced I needed a chip in the first place and now she thinks the poor car shut down because it must be feeling violated with a new chip inside!

Any and all confirmations that the new chip has nothing to do with the ignition switch will also be much appreciated. Thanks for any help.

[Unregistered]

You learn not by asking the answer but by looking for the answer....

[jplacson]

Big words from someone who hides behind anonymity.

[Warren N.CA]

Big words from someone who hides behind anonymity.

[kjbcpa]

I had to listen to her. For 45 miles with a small child in back. At 10:00PM. After her driving through Atlanta traffic. But it wasn't too bad; she never once said "I told you so". And it would have been far worse if the switch had broken last week when she took the car 350 miles away to the beach. My sweet wife is such a softy that she thinks the poor old car should be gently used rather than subjected to a performance enhancing chip. She thinks it is objecting (grin).

Of course doing oil changes would not be punishment to her. She would do oil changes the same way I cook: "Honey, where's the car keys?" (OK, I admit, it's the same way I do oil changes....:-) (But, hey, I did the chip install myself.)

And your wife should be ashamed of herself, and you should be ashamed of yourself for listening to her. I suggest you punish her by requiring her to do all future oil changes!

[Warren N.CA]

required HER to install the chip. Then, if the car complained, it would have been HER fault.

I had to listen to her. For 45 miles with a small child in back. At 10:00PM. After her driving through Atlanta traffic. But it wasn't too bad; she never once said "I told you so". And it would have been far worse if the switch had broken last week when she took the car 350 miles away to the beach. My sweet wife is such a softy that she thinks the poor old car should be gently used rather than subjected to a performance enhancing chip. She thinks it is objecting (grin).

Of course doing oil changes would not be punishment to her. She would do oil changes the same way I cook: "Honey, where's the car keys?" (OK, I admit, it's the same way I do oil changes....:-) (But, hey, I did the chip install myself.)

[kjbcpa]

Man, I'm jealous. You can make your wife do anything? I thought I was lucky she pumps her own gas..