welcome to our all stored on cars
all cars in existence right now have a
steering wheel lock to wear when you
turn the key off and pull it out of the
ignition it's actually a mechanical
system has a nice big steel bolt it's a
square shaped bolt of metal that
actually spring-loaded pops out and
engages a linkage to lock the steering
wheel to where once you've turned it a
certain distance it cannot be turned any
farther so if you're parking your car in
the neighborhood where you're a little
nervous that somebody may try to steal
it or you know you want to make sure the
tow truck can't get it turn your wheel
all the way to one side shut the key off
and take it out and turn the wheel back
till it locks and now those wheels will
stay in that turn position they cannot
be moved because there's so much spring
tension on that steering wheel you've
got to get the key in the ignition and
then pull the wheel in the opposite
direction to kind of loosen it a little
bit and turn the key but it's just that
spring tension causes a binding on that
steel bolt someone goes to get out of
the car and they reach up and put their
hand on the wheel to kind of push
themselves as they turn and slide their
feet out of the car and unknowingly
their hand kind of turns the wheel
pushes it all the way over into that
lock position but it's also dragging it
against the tires because you don't have
the engine running so when it kind of
puts that extra pressure on it the
wheels trying to move back to the other
direction and it can't because it's
locked up so basically all you need to
do is put the key in ignition and gently
turn the key you don't want to force the
key because you definitely don't want to
break that and then just wiggle the
steering wheel to each direction you'll
feel one will have a little free play
and the other direction will be against
the lock so just give it a little bit of
a twist while you're turning that key
gently and it'll release that steering
wheel you'll actually hear a little
click because that bolt will move back
out out of the way