Turns out my park switch isn't always engaging which leaves the key stuck in the igition. I found the mechanism that prevents you from removing the key. You can manually push it out of the way once you take the steering wheel cover off. No tools are required. Its the object in the very center of the pic.
in the normal mode,
in stuck key mode.
I was getting so irritated, I was about to take a pipe wrench to the key and force it =) But under the steering wheel cover, under another cover I found a solenoid, and discovered my problem. Hmm, maybe thats why they call it the discovery!
