Worry about me ignition

[nobrainer]

This morning i got in my car to go to school, and stuck the key halfway in the ignition. That's as far as it would go... I tried 3 different keys and finally one went in the whole way, but wouldn't turn. I did the "jiggle" on the wheel and still no luck. Another interesting thing is that the steering wheel did not lock immediately for some reason. I could turn the wheel. Finally I turned it a good bit right and it locked but I still had no luck... is this a typical problem? Could it be frozen? Is it something that the a mechanic has to see and i am I going to have to have it towed? When i get home im going to try and run a hair dryer out to it to see if there is something frozen inside. Hopefully it doesnt make things worse.

[Nico]

It might possibly be frozen, you can try with some de-ice product. Something else worth to try : I know there is a special grease for locks (Toyota dealers generally do have some) that work EXTREMELY well : I had the same problem some time ago, the dealer I know put some of that grease and since then I don't have any problem at all with it, it's just like new.
If your stuff was good for garbage I would recommend you to go your dealer so that he could order a new one, corresponding to your key (so that you don't have 5 different keys for your car )
Good luck !