We continue our series of web content on what can get stuck on your motor vehicle. After discovering why your fuel flap or hood could get stuck, today we’ll check out why the key is stuck in your Land Rover Defender ignition . Particularly annoying, having a stuck ignition cylinder will prevent you from starting and therefore from employing your motor vehicle. We will therefore do everything we can to help you remedy this issue as quickly as possible. To do this, 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 Land Rover Defender is stuck? And, at last, how to unblock the key stuck in your Land Rover Defender ignition.
What’s the intent of my Land Rover Defender’s ignition lock?
The ignition lock of your Land Rover Defender is a secureness element. Its goal is to protect your car from theft attempts. It is positioned on the steering column of your motor vehicle, developed in 1931 by Abram Neiman. Its goal is to prevent your Land Rover Defender 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 generally 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 Land Rover Defender ignition?
Now it’s time to show you to you why the key is stuck in your Land Rover Defender 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 Land Rover Defender 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 change regularly but time has an influence on it and it can occur that you have to change it because of regular wear and tear. In this article are the different reasons of a ignition that locks on Land Rover Defender :
- Normal wear and tear on the ignition barrel of your Land Rover Defender : As we stated above, 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 such a case, you should feel issue inserting and turning the key before it locks totally.
- An element of the ignition of your Land Rover Defender that fails: In the same logic, an element of the neiman can fail. As we explained 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 Land Rover Defender: 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 Land Rover Defender ignition barrel?
We now proceed to the solutions available to you for resolving a key stuck in your Land Rover Defender ignition . Depending to the origin of your issue the solutions will not be the same, locate 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 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 Land Rover Defender is clogged because of impurities : Use a WD40 type degreaser and let it work for a few minutes, it should unblock the neiman of your Land Rover Defender.
- 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 regrettably have to change the whole block (electronic switch, lock cylinder, neiman), we recommend you to go to a professional who will as well have to give you a new key to begin your Land Rover Defender.
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