Key stuck in ignition

I have 96 tacoma, and the key is getting stuck in the ACC position. At first I could go from park to neutral and shake the wheel it would come out, but yesterday it wouldn't come out at all. I removed a battery cable and then it came out. Any ideas?

 

Hello tsain71,

I had a similar problem with my '96 Tacoma, manual transmission. It turned out to be an ignition cylinder issue.

Found one online for about thirty bucks or so, and it has worked just fine.

You do need to remove some of the dashboard in order to remove the old ignition cylinder, and there is a pin that must be depressed in order to pull the old unit out.

Hope this helps.

 

how about adjusting the shifter .
Next , place the transmission gear shifter in park and " REMOVE THE KEY "
Throw the key on the drivers seat until your done .
Go to rear of truck and manually push it by hand to verify the truck is actually in park . Go back under the truck and check to see if the shifter cable lines up perfectly with the hole in the transmission lever . If it doesnt line up , adjust the shifter cable until it fits perfectly into the transmission lever . The adjustment is under the shift counsole .
Once the cable is aligned with the transmission shift lever , verify the truck will only start in park and nuetral .

 

X2 on ignition cylinder. Same thing happened on my 02 Sequoia and my bros Tacoma.

 

i just switched my ignition cylinder out. Dealer wanted like 300 for new ignition cylinder, door lock cylinders, and gas door cylinder with matching key. If you replace only the ignition cylinder then you will have two keys. One for the door and one for ingition. I went this route and bought a OEM toyota unit on Amazon for 80 and had my lock smith re-pin the remaining cylinders to the new key for 20 each cylinder. Total cost of 140. If you go this route i would advise you to get a genuine toyota part because the key from an oreiley's unit didnt fit in my door cylinder and it would of been impossible for my lock smith to make it all work.