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 check out why the key is stuck in your Alfa Romeo Mito ignition . Specially frustrating, having a stuck ignition cylinder will prevent you from starting and therefore from using your motor vehicle. We will therefore do everything we can to help you solve this problem as quickly as possible. To achieve this, first, we will show you to you what the ignition of your motor vehicle is used for, then in a second time, why the ignition barrel of your Alfa Romeo Mito is stuck? And, at last, how to unblock the key stuck in your Alfa Romeo Mito ignition.

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What’s the purpose of my Alfa Romeo Mito’s ignition lock?

The ignition lock of your Alfa Romeo Mito is a secureness 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 Alfa Romeo Mito from starting by blocking the steering and the steering lock if it does not identify your motor vehicle key. It is closely connected 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 talk about blocked neiman we generally 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 Alfa Romeo Mito ignition?

Now it’s time to show you to you why the key is stuck in your Alfa Romeo Mito ignition cylinder . Now that we’ve described what the ignition is, it’s time to find out why it’s stuck. If it is the steering wheel of your Alfa Romeo Mito that is blocked, do not hesitate to have a look at our content page on this subject. A neiman is not a wearing component that you replace regularly but time has an influence on it and it can happen that you have to replace it because of normal wear and tear. In this article are the different reasons of a ignition that locks on Alfa Romeo Mito :

  • Regular wear and tear on the ignition barrel of your Alfa Romeo Mito : As we explained above, with time, the elements of the neiman can become seized up, or become loaded with dust or small particles from the outside that will prevent it from working properly. In this case, you should feel struggle inserting and turning the key before it locks completely.
  • A component of the ignition of your Alfa Romeo Mito 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 Alfa Romeo Mito: At last, last possibility, 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 components and thus damaged the neiman of it.

How do I unlock the key stuck in my Alfa Romeo Mito ignition barrel?

We now proceed to the solutions available to you for handling a key stuck in your Alfa Romeo Mito ignition . Depending to the origin of your problem the solutions will not be the same, locate them below:

  • Ignition barrel blocked because of a twisted key: If your key is twisted, it is logical that your neiman will not unblock. Try gently with a mallet to straighten your key, if you can’t do it, use the copy of your key.
  • Ignition cylinder If the neiman of your Alfa Romeo Mito is clogged because of impurities : Use a WD40 type degreaser and let it work for a few moments, it should unblock the neiman of your Alfa Romeo Mito.
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  • If your key is stuck in your ignition because of a defective element: If finally it is because of an internal element that your ignition lock is no longer unblocked you will unfortunately have to replace the whole block (electronic switch, lock cylinder, neiman), we advise you to go to a specialist who will as well have to give you a new key to begin your Alfa Romeo Mito.

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