We continue our series of web content on what can get stuck on your car. 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 Freelander ignition . Especially annoying, having a stuck ignition cylinder will prevent you from starting and therefore from using your car. We will therefore do everything we can to help you solve this issue as quickly as possible. To get this done, 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 Land Rover Freelander is stuck? And, finally, how to unblock the key stuck in your Land Rover Freelander ignition.
What’s the aim of my Land Rover Freelander’s ignition lock?
The ignition lock of your Land Rover Freelander is a secureness part. Its intent is to protect your car from theft tries. It is installed on the steering column of your car, developed in 1931 by Abram Neiman. Its intent is to prevent your Land Rover Freelander from starting by blocking the steering and the steering lock if it does not recognize your car key. It is closely connected 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 generally refer 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 Land Rover Freelander ignition?
Now it’s time to show you to you why the key is stuck in your Land Rover Freelander ignition cylinder . Now that we’ve described what the ignition is, it’s time to identify why it’s stuck. If it is the steering wheel of your Land Rover Freelander that is blocked, do not think twice to seek advice from our article on this subject 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 normal wear and tear. On this website are the different explanations of a ignition that locks on Land Rover Freelander :
- Regular wear and tear on the ignition barrel of your Land Rover Freelander : As we stated over, with time, the elements of the neiman can become seized up, or become packed with dust or small particles from the outside that will prevent it from working effectively. In this case, you should feel problems inserting and turning the key before it locks totally.
- An element of the ignition of your Land Rover Freelander that fails: In the same logic, an element of the neiman can fail. As we revealed in introduction, when we talk about the neiman we often 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 Freelander: 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 Land Rover Freelander ignition barrel?
We now proceed to the solutions available to you for solving a key stuck in your Land Rover Freelander ignition . Depending 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 logical 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 Freelander 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 Land Rover Freelander.
- 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 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 Freelander.
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