We continue our series of articles on what can get stuck on your car. 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 Chevrolet Volt ignition . Particularly frustrating, having a stuck ignition cylinder will prevent you from starting and therefore from using your car. We will so do everything we can to help you remedy this issue as quickly as possible. To do this, 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 Chevrolet Volt is stuck? And, finally, how to unblock the key stuck in your Chevrolet Volt ignition.
What’s the aim of my Chevrolet Volt’s ignition lock?
The ignition lock of your Chevrolet Volt is a security feature. Its goal is to protect your car from theft attempts. It is situated on the steering column of your car, developed in 1931 by Abram Neiman. Its goal is to prevent your Chevrolet Volt from starting by blocking the steering and the steering lock if it does not recognize your car 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 quite often make reference to a key that does not turn or does not turn well in the cylinder of the lock of your car.
Why is the key stuck in your Chevrolet Volt ignition?
Now it’s time to describe to you why the key is stuck in your Chevrolet Volt ignition cylinder . Now that we’ve defined what the ignition is, it’s time to identify why it’s stuck. If it is the steering wheel of your Chevrolet Volt that is blocked, do not think twice to read our article on this subject matter. A neiman is not a wearing part that you replace frequently but time has an influence on it and it can happen that you have to replace it because of regular wear and tear. In this article are the different reasons of a ignition that locks on Chevrolet Volt :
- Normal wear and tear on the ignition barrel of your Chevrolet Volt : As we said earlier, with time, the components of the neiman can become seized up, or become filled with dust or small particles from the outside that will prevent it from functioning properly. In such a case, you should experience difficulty inserting and turning the key before it locks entirely.
- A component of the ignition of your Chevrolet Volt that breaks down: In the same logic, an element of the neiman can fail. As we revealed 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 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 Chevrolet Volt: Finally, last possibility, and it’s more or less rational, if someone forced too much on the neiman in unlocking the steering wheel of your car before, he may have twisted internal components and thus broken the neiman of it.
How do I unlock the key stuck in my Chevrolet Volt ignition barrel?
We now proceed to the solutions available to you for handling a key stuck in your Chevrolet Volt ignition . According to the origin of your issue the solutions will not be similar, find them down below:
- Ignition barrel blocked because of a twisted key: If your key is twisted, it is obvious that your neiman will not unblock. Try softly 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 Chevrolet Volt is clogged because of impurities : Use a WD40 type degreaser and let it work for a couple of minutes, it should unblock the neiman of your Chevrolet Volt.
- 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 sadly have to replace the whole block (electronic switch, lock cylinder, neiman), we recommend you to go to a expert who will also have to give you a new key to start your Chevrolet Volt.
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