Alright, haven't found anything on this, but my key gets hot when I drive the car any longer than 5 minutes. Just the metal gets hot, the rubber head of the key (yes I just said rubber head) stays cool and I don't notice it unless I touch the metal. It's done this since I got the car, and I haven't been to concerned with it because it hasn't melted the car down yet, but it's something to bitch about so here I am. Anyone else experience this?
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#122855, "RE: I got a hot key!" In response to Reply # 1
You know, the funny thing about it is that I haven't noticed any problems associated with it, if it is drawing a current it has yet to cause any sort of power drain, and I have yet to notice that all too familiar burnt plastic smell, and I've had the car for 2 years now, and been on several long trips (3-6 hour drives) without any problems. Now having said this I'm sure that when I get off work today I'm going to go down to my car, try to start it and have some sort of ignition cylindar related F-up
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#122861, "RE: I got a hot key!" In response to Reply # 7 Jul-19-06 05:49 PM by Keith2172
my courtesy light goes off just like everything else, so scratch that. Dracas, did you ever figure yours out, I gotta assume there's more than just me and you with this. I can't figure that there's electricity running through the key, that just seems stupid, would a bad cylindar do this, it hasn't had any other problems aside from the very occasional refusal to dispense the key. Hmmm...
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#122862, "RE: I got a hot key!" In response to Reply # 8
I don't know how well the key or the cylinder conducts electricity, but a simple way to test if your cylinder is seeing a positive voltage is to use a multimeter with one lead to ground, and see if you have continuity.
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#122863, "RE: I got a hot key!" In response to Reply # 9
whenever I get ahold of a gas can and some gas I'll run my car and find out if I do that.
And... my light ring turns off after a few seconds (that I know)... but unfortunately, the one by the lighter does not work... hasn't for years, but once in a rare blue moon it works for 5 minutes.
#122864, "RE: I got a hot key!" In response to Reply # 10
Take the plastic off the bottom of the steering column. Go for a drive(as long as it usually takes for the key to get hot). Then stick your hand up in there and feel around for whatever/wherever the heat is coming from. : I think mine did that also on the 2GNT but I never really thought much of it.
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#122865, "RE: I got a hot key!" In response to Reply # 11
Nah, I never worried about it enough to try to figure out what it was. I only noticed it doing it in the summer, so I just figured it was all really hot, and the key got hot from being in there. It could have been happening in the winter too, I just never noticed if it was.
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