Today the ignition switch lock cylinder on my 99 fwd v70 intermittently would not allow the key to be inserted, to be inserted only with a great deal of force, inserted but the lock would not turn or turns only to the first detent. It then perversely spontaneously freed the lock, in one case as the tow truck arrived. When the lock sticks, the shift lever button cannot be depressed to release the shift lever. This occurred several times today (though thankfully not on last week's vacation road trip).

Any ideas?


I'm going to look at lubing the cables this weekend, any advice regarding that would be appreciated (reducing degree of disassembly, what to use as lube, etc)

Thanks,

Bob