Went to my locksmith Friend's shop this morning.
Turns out it is a broken key in the ignition.
My Friend said that he'd been trying to get it out for 3 days.
So, I get out my extractors and tried for over a half hour.
There were wafers in front preventing it from being extracted.
I took a break and asked if he had a good working key.
He said that he did.
I said, "Make a duplicate on a non-chip mechanical key."
He did and handed it to me.
I took a pair of pliers and broke it where I felt the piece of key in the ignition was broken.
My Friend's eyes got big and he said, "WTH?"
I then took the head of the key I had just broken, that had 3-4 cuts needed, inserted into the ignition and turned the ignition, releasing the steering wheel to access the screws that held the plastic shroud in place.
Once the shroud was removed, I pressed a pick in the "poke-hole" to depress the active retainer and removed the ignition.
With the ignition now in hand, I disassembled it to remove the broken key part.
(The head piece of the key I broke the tip off and the broken piece of key removed)
I then reassembled the ignition, handed it to my Friend and said, "Scotty's Magic again!"
As I was collecting up my tools, he was cutting a new chip key after he had re-installed the ignition.
As I was leaving, I said, "Call on ole Scotty anytime you need some magic, Brother!"
I'm sure that I'll have another call from him sometime....
Because, don't we all sometimes need a little magic?
Best,
Scott