there is a thread on here somewhere.. I think. I have the same problem. there is a little tab under there near your key, you can take that tab out it is covering a small hole, if you push something up in the hole there is a button that will release your key. everybody I talked to about it just said take the bottom cover off your steering column and remove the whole thing, it is just a safety thing that is suppost to only let you take the key out in park. removing the assembly will allow you to remove your keys while still in gear(so dont forget to put it in park first) I plan on removing mine, but the wather has not been very nice around here for me to play with it.
