Darren Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 here's a dumb question. Is the key soposed to turn backwards into accessory mode cause mine won't. I have no accessory at all I'm so pissed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 If you think that's weird, my 88 doesn't turn forward. :nuts: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyComanche Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 Better than my cutlass. You could start it with a screwdriver. And open the doors that way. However, the most valuable thing I kept in that car was my $6 ice scraper. So, it never got stolen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1986Comanche Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 here's a dumb question. Is the key soposed to turn backwards into accessory mode cause mine won't. I have no accessory at all I'm so pissed. Yes, the ignition is supposed to turn back to accessory because mine does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comancheman Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 i don't even need a key to start mine, well if it ran Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Rod Jeep Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 Some Gm columns turn back and some don't. My 92 Sonoma didn't turn back, but I'm not sure on my MJ. I think it does. 8) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanderin Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 Both of mine go back... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyComanche Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 Just to clarify, they are supposed to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren Posted September 10, 2006 Author Share Posted September 10, 2006 ok so now how do i get it to go back?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aemsee Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 How worn is your key? I've seen worn out keys work forward but not turn back. Could also be a switch and/or switch adjustment problem, or could be the cylinder itself at fault. Aren't I a big help :wall: Try wiggling the key while turning back to accessory. If you are really ambitious, reach under dash and find the rod on the lower column that connects the cyl and the switch and pull back on it while turning the key and see what happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyComanche Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 Or: Get a bigger hammer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanderin Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 :agree: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComancheKid45 Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 Mine never turned back either.....i just usually turn it to on if i wanna play music or sometin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GirsMJ86 Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 neither of mine turned back. they turned forward to accessory before turning further into on. Alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oizarod115 Posted September 11, 2006 Share Posted September 11, 2006 if yours is the stick shift with the key release latch type thing on it then it won't turn back.. mine doesnt. and its not like its stuck... it wasnt designed to. (mines a 89 sportruck manual with no options, just for reference) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyComanche Posted September 11, 2006 Share Posted September 11, 2006 if yours is the stick shift with the key release latch type thing on it then it won't turn back.. mine doesnt. and its not like its stuck... it wasnt designed to. (mines a 89 sportruck manual with no options, just for reference) Really? MY 89 sportuck manual with no options and the funky latch thing has an ACC postion that it turns back to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oizarod115 Posted September 11, 2006 Share Posted September 11, 2006 if yours is the stick shift with the key release latch type thing on it then it won't turn back.. mine doesnt. and its not like its stuck... it wasnt designed to. (mines a 89 sportruck manual with no options, just for reference) Really? MY 89 sportuck manual with no options and the funky latch thing has an ACC postion that it turns back to. hm. do you have intermitten wipers or anything? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeepthing07 Posted September 11, 2006 Share Posted September 11, 2006 mines a 5 speed with the lever thing on the column it has to be pushed down to turn it back, just like any other GM column i have ever seen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyComanche Posted September 11, 2006 Share Posted September 11, 2006 if yours is the stick shift with the key release latch type thing on it then it won't turn back.. mine doesnt. and its not like its stuck... it wasnt designed to. (mines a 89 sportruck manual with no options, just for reference) Really? MY 89 sportuck manual with no options and the funky latch thing has an ACC postion that it turns back to. hm. do you have intermitten wipers or anything? They're an option? $#!&, I thought Jeep was better than that. It had basically 4wd and full gauges and tilt streering, intermittent wipers... Okay, so it had a few options. Maybe the tilt steering? Dunno. My Xj has tilt and it turns back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnQ Posted September 11, 2006 Share Posted September 11, 2006 I have a 1988 sport truck with idiot gauges and 5 speed, mine turns back for ACC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oizarod115 Posted September 11, 2006 Share Posted September 11, 2006 alright ill specify more options i have. its not a total baseline model. NO tilt wheel NO intermitten wipers. low/high/one wipe/spray NO switches in the 4 slots beside the wheel. full gauges 4.0 liter and even if i push it in and play with the switch and all that there is definately NO ACC spot. i went out and played with her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjeff87 Posted September 11, 2006 Share Posted September 11, 2006 It *should* be there....you just need the right combo of pushing, depressing, pulling, etc. :D When I got my MJ (second owner, PO died so I really couldn't ask him about it), I couldn't get the ACC to work. I figured it must not have been an option because everything else was baseline (rubber mat, AM radio, no A/C or power anything). About a year later I was cleaning the interior and must have hit the magic combination because it turned backwards and the radio came on (albeit it was very unhappy about it). Soon after the key got stuck inside so I had to replace the cylinder. New one works like a charm now...so good in fact that I can switch back to ACC then back to off and pull the key out, but it stays in ACC mode. I have to twist the cylinder just a tad until it clicks, then it all shuts off :nuts: Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DansGreyMj Posted September 11, 2006 Share Posted September 11, 2006 i just checked mine after reading this and i got it to go back but nothing came on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4play Posted September 11, 2006 Share Posted September 11, 2006 i just checked mine after reading this and i got it to go back but nothing came on Same here. Maybe its the way the PO wired the replacement radio :dunno: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oizarod115 Posted September 12, 2006 Share Posted September 12, 2006 this is weird, I'm gonna go play with mine some more, cause acc mode is nice. why would it not work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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