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, today we’ll take a look at why the key is stuck in your Citroen Xantia ignition . Specially frustrating, 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 remedy this problem as soon as possible. To get this done, first, we will show you to you what the ignition of your car is used for, then in a second time, why the ignition barrel of your Citroen Xantia is stuck? And, at last, how to unblock the key stuck in your Citroen Xantia ignition.
What’s the purpose of my Citroen Xantia’s ignition lock?
The ignition lock of your Citroen Xantia is a security element. Its purpose is to protect your car from theft attempts. It is situated on the steering column of your motor vehicle, created in 1931 by Abram Neiman. Its purpose is to prevent your Citroen Xantia from starting by blocking the steering and the steering lock if it does not identify your motor vehicle key. It is closely linked to the starter switch which will incorporate 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 Citroen Xantia ignition?
Now it’s time to show you to you why the key is stuck in your Citroen Xantia 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 Citroen Xantia that is blocked, do not think twice to browse our content page on this matter. A neiman is not a wearing part that you change regularly but time has an influence on it and it can happen that you have to change it because of regular wear and tear. In this article are the different explanations of a ignition that locks on Citroen Xantia :
- Normal wear and tear on the ignition barrel of your Citroen Xantia : As we stated above, 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 functioning properly. In such a case, you should experience issue inserting and turning the key before it locks entirely.
- A component of the ignition of your Citroen Xantia that fails: In the same logic, an element of the neiman can fail. As we described 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 Citroen Xantia: At last, last opportunity, and it’s more or less logical, 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 Citroen Xantia ignition barrel?
We now proceed to the solutions available to you for resolving a key stuck in your Citroen Xantia ignition . Depending to the origin of your problem the solutions will not be the same, discover 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 Citroen Xantia 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 Citroen Xantia.
- 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 regrettably have to change 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 Citroen Xantia.
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