Steering lock blocked try again

[chesby]

Hi guys


The vantage is refusing to start, the steering won’t move at all and the message the steering lock is blocked is coming up.

Any clever suggestions to get the car to start?

[craig elam]

hello

is the steering "loaded" against the lock, its difficult to explain but if you had just manoeuvred into a parking space and were holding the wheel against the the power steering then switched the key off the steering lock will be trapped against the notch in the column,
if you grasp the wheel and try and turn it one way it will be solid, the other way there will be some slight give, this is unloading the lock, while you have it like this try and start it

good luck

craig