Almost all modern cars have a locking steering column. The type of gearbox doesn't matter as the steering is a totally separate system on the car. Remove the ignition key and try to turn the steering wheel. You should get a firm "click". If no click the mechanism on the steering column will need to be checked.
SOURCE: 2000 Nissan Sentra
try turning the wheel back and forth while wiggling the key if that doesn't work i need more info.
SOURCE: Saturn LS1 2000 - driver side window locked down unable to close.
It's the switch.
Put your fingers into the leather shifter boot at the base and feel under the rim to pop the outside ring that holds the faux wood trim at the base of the boot up and out. (The piece is faux wood on an LS2, it may just be colored plastic on an LS1) You may need to do this twice, on each side of the boot, so that the entire piece of trim and the boot pops up and out. The leather boot should still be connected to the trim, it will pop out as a unit.
Once it is out, you can reach into the housing and feel the window switch unit from inside the housing. There is a spring clip on the upper and lower ends of the switch unit, press in the spring clip and pop it up one end at a time. The unit is now out but still attached to the power. I have never unclipped the wire harness but it looks easily doable.
IF YOU ARE REMOVING THIS BECAUSE THE SWITCH IS STICKY you probably DON'T need a new switch - you can spray some contact cleaner in the ports at the side of the unit and underneath the switch, this will probably fix your problem, at least if you have ever spilled a soda anywhere near the switch.
SOURCE: Lock steering wheel...Key won't turn in the ignition
Make sure to push the brake firmly with you foot. I do this all the time.
SOURCE: I cannot locate my dome light fuse for my 2000
it is under the hood, drivers side fuse panel bottom right hand corner of panel
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