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 Buick Enclave ignition . Specially irritating, having a stuck ignition cylinder will prevent you from starting and therefore from utilising your motor vehicle. We will so do everything we can to help you solve this problem as quickly as possible. To get this done, first, we will describe to you what the ignition of your car is used for, then in a second time, why the ignition barrel of your Buick Enclave is stuck? And, at last, how to unblock the key stuck in your Buick Enclave ignition.
What’s the intent of my Buick Enclave’s ignition lock?
The ignition lock of your Buick Enclave is a security part. Its goal is to protect your car from theft tries. It is installed on the steering column of your motor vehicle, created in 1931 by Abram Neiman. Its goal is to prevent your Buick Enclave from starting by blocking the steering and the steering lock if it does not recognize 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 speak about blocked neiman we often make reference 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 Buick Enclave ignition?
Now it’s time to describe to you why the key is stuck in your Buick Enclave ignition cylinder . Now that we’ve explained what the ignition is, it’s time to find out why it’s stuck. If it is the steering wheel of your Buick Enclave that is blocked, do not think twice to have a look at our content on this subject. A neiman is not a wearing component that you replace frequently but time has an influence on it and it can occur that you have to replace it because of normal wear and tear. Here are the different reasons of a ignition that locks on Buick Enclave :
- Regular wear and tear on the ignition barrel of your Buick Enclave : As we said earlier, over 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 functioning effectively. In this case, you should feel complications inserting and turning the key before it locks entirely.
- An element of the ignition of your Buick Enclave that breaks down: In the same logic, an element of the neiman can fail. As we described in introduction, when we mention the neiman we tend to include, the cylinder, the lock and the starter switch, if one of these parts is faulty, the neiman will not let the key turn in the cylinder of the lock
- Someone forced too much on the ignition barrel of your Buick Enclave: 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 components and thus broken the neiman of it.
How do I unlock the key stuck in my Buick Enclave ignition barrel?
We now move on to the solutions available to you for dealing with a key stuck in your Buick Enclave ignition . Depending to the source of your problem the solutions will not be similar, find them below:
- Ignition barrel blocked because 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 copy of your key.
- Ignition cylinder If the neiman of your Buick Enclave is clogged because of impurities : Use a WD40 type degreaser and let it work for a short while, it should unblock the neiman of your Buick Enclave.
- If your key is stuck in your ignition because of a faulty element: If finally it is because of an internal element that your ignition lock is no longer unblocked you will sadly have to replace the whole block (electronic switch, lock cylinder, neiman), we advise you to go to a expert who will as well have to give you a new key to start your Buick Enclave.
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