FOB stuck in ignition

[08 S80]

Yesterday I turned off my 2008 S80 but couldn't eject my FOB from the ignition. I can restart the car and turn it off without a problem but the FOB stays in. I went on YOU TUBE to see if anybody had posted a fix. There was one guy who said to pull the FOB out with a pair of pliers and look for a small piece of plastic in the slot which caused the jam. He says using the pliers will not harm anything ????
Seems a little drastic so am looking to you guys who may have had a similar problem or fix. Replacing the ignition is a healthy $600 so in that sense the pliers sound good. Anyone ?????

 

[ddmdoro]

Yesterday I turned off my 2008 S80 but couldn't eject my FOB from the ignition. I can restart the car and turn it off without a problem but the FOB stays in. I went on YOU TUBE to see if anybody had posted a fix. There was one guy who said to pull the FOB out with a pair of pliers and look for a small piece of plastic in the slot which caused the jam. He says using the pliers will not harm anything ????
Seems a little drastic so am looking to you guys who may have had a similar problem or fix. Replacing the ignition is a healthy $600 so in that sense the pliers sound good. Anyone ?????

My 2010 S80 has same issue. Is there a remedy please?

 

[Qsteve]

It sounds counterintuitive but you can just pull it out, it’s perfectly okay. Since it’s doing it a lot, you probably will need to replace it sooner rather than later but I don’t know. The previous owner of my s80 said it happened to him once and never again, he pulled on it and nothing. As for fixing this permanently so it stops? I have not researched this.