I removed the stereo in my 02 Saturn SC1 in order to get a CD that was stuck in the player. In order to get the stereo out, I had to remove the dash panel that goes across the steering column, gages and down the front of the ac/stereo. After I reinstalled the stereo & panel my car won’t start. It will crank once or twice… then nothing. It is not clicking as if the battery is dead, but if I jump it with cables it starts. I am wondering if when removed the dash I inadvertently pulled something lose.

In addition, I have been having problems with turning my key in the ignition. I wiggle the wheel for a while and jiggle the key it will finally turn

 

Replace the ignition switch module before it fails entirely, when you are parked on a dark road somewhere, all alone, and a dead cell phone .......

 

my first thought in reading this was a security system issue. My friend had a similiar problem on his chevy malibu after messing with the stereo but you can jump it so i dont know


re: ignition assembly, yeah replace that quicklike. In my experience that is NOTORIOUS to go out in every saturn i've owned. My last one went through three...

 

If you took all of that out of the car to remove the radio then your an idiot.

 

woefully uninformed at a minimum