We continue our series of articles on what can get stuck on your motor vehicle. After discovering why your fuel flap or hood could get stuck, in this article we’ll take a look at why the key is stuck in your Mini Mini 3 ignition . Especially annoying, having a stuck ignition cylinder will prevent you from starting and consequently from utilising your motor vehicle. We will consequently do everything we can to help you resolve this issue as soon as possible. To get this done, first, we will describe to you what the ignition of your motor vehicle is used for, then in a second time, why the ignition barrel of your Mini Mini 3 is stuck? And, at last, how to unblock the key stuck in your Mini Mini 3 ignition.
What’s the aim of my Mini Mini 3’s ignition lock?
The ignition lock of your Mini Mini 3 is a security element. Its goal is to protect your car from theft tries. It is placed on the steering column of your motor vehicle, developed in 1931 by Abram Neiman. Its goal is to prevent your Mini Mini 3 from starting by blocking the steering and the steering lock if it does not identify your motor vehicle key. It is closely related to the starter switch which will integrate the key lock and an electric switch. There is a tendency to confuse the starter switch and the neiman, and when we speak about blocked neiman we often refer to a key that does not turn or does not turn well in the cylinder of the lock of your motor vehicle.
Why is the key stuck in your Mini Mini 3 ignition?
Now it’s time to describe to you why the key is stuck in your Mini Mini 3 ignition cylinder . Now that we’ve detailed what the ignition is, it’s time to find out why it’s stuck. If it is the steering wheel of your Mini Mini 3 that is blocked, do not think twice to read our content page on this matter. A neiman is not a wearing part that you change repeatedly but time has an influence on it and it can appear that you have to change it as a result of normal wear and tear. In this article are the different reasons of a ignition that locks on Mini Mini 3 :
- Normal wear and tear on the ignition barrel of your Mini Mini 3 : As we stated earlier, with time, the elements of the neiman can become seized up, or become filled with dust or small particles from the outside that will prevent it from working correctly. In such a case, you should experience difficulty inserting and turning the key before it locks completely.
- An element of the ignition of your Mini Mini 3 that fails: In the same logic, an element of the neiman can fail. As we explained in introduction, when we speak about the neiman we often include, the cylinder, the lock and the starter switch, if one of these parts is defective, the neiman will not let the key turn in the cylinder of the lock
- Someone forced too much on the ignition barrel of your Mini Mini 3: At last, last opportunity, and it’s more or less obvious, if someone forced too much on the neiman in unlocking the steering wheel of your motor vehicle before, he may have twisted internal elements and thus broken the neiman of it.
How do I unlock the key stuck in my Mini Mini 3 ignition barrel?
We now proceed to the solutions available to you for resolving a key stuck in your Mini Mini 3 ignition . Depending to the origin of your issue the solutions will not be similar, find them down below:
- Ignition barrel blocked as a result of a twisted key: If your key is twisted, it is obvious that your neiman will not unblock. Try carefully with a mallet to straighten your key, if you can’t do it, use the duplicate of your key.
- Ignition cylinder If the neiman of your Mini Mini 3 is clogged as a result of impurities : Use a WD40 type degreaser and let it work for a couple of minutes, it should unblock the neiman of your Mini Mini 3.
- If your key is stuck in your ignition as a result of a defective element: If finally it is as a result of an internal element that your ignition lock is no longer unblocked you will unfortunately have to change the whole block (electronic switch, lock cylinder, neiman), we advise you to go to a specialist who will also have to give you a new key to begin your Mini Mini 3.
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