We continue our series of content articles 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 Mercedes Benz Sprinter ignition . Specially irritating, having a stuck ignition cylinder will prevent you from starting and therefore from utilising your car. We will therefore do everything we can to help you resolve this issue as soon as possible. To do this, 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 Mercedes Benz Sprinter is stuck? And, at last, how to unblock the key stuck in your Mercedes Benz Sprinter ignition.
What’s the purpose of my Mercedes Benz Sprinter’s ignition lock?
The ignition lock of your Mercedes Benz Sprinter is a secureness part. Its goal is to protect your car from theft tries. It is placed on the steering column of your car, created in 1931 by Abram Neiman. Its goal is to prevent your Mercedes Benz Sprinter from starting by blocking the steering and the steering lock if it does not identify 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 talk about blocked neiman we quite often 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 Mercedes Benz Sprinter ignition?
Now it’s time to show you to you why the key is stuck in your Mercedes Benz Sprinter ignition cylinder . Now that we’ve detailed what the ignition is, it’s time to identify why it’s stuck. If it is the steering wheel of your Mercedes Benz Sprinter that is blocked, do not hesitate to have a look at our content page on this subject. 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 due to regular wear and tear. On this website are the different reasons of a ignition that locks on Mercedes Benz Sprinter :
- Regular wear and tear on the ignition barrel of your Mercedes Benz Sprinter : As we said earlier, with time, the elements of the neiman can become seized up, or become loaded with dust or small particles from the outside that will prevent it from functioning properly. In this case, you should feel struggle inserting and turning the key before it locks completely.
- An element of the ignition of your Mercedes Benz Sprinter that breaks down: In the same logic, an element of the neiman can fail. As we explained in introduction, when we talk about 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 Mercedes Benz Sprinter: 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 Mercedes Benz Sprinter ignition barrel?
We now move on to the solutions available to you for handling a key stuck in your Mercedes Benz Sprinter ignition . Depending to the source of your issue the solutions will not be similar, discover them below:
- Ignition barrel blocked due to 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 duplicate of your key.
- Ignition cylinder If the neiman of your Mercedes Benz Sprinter is clogged due to impurities : Use a WD40 type degreaser and let it work for a few moments, it should unblock the neiman of your Mercedes Benz Sprinter.
- If your key is stuck in your ignition due to a defective element: If finally it is due to an internal element that your ignition lock is no longer unblocked you will regrettably have to replace the whole block (electronic switch, lock cylinder, neiman), we recommend you to go to a specialist who will also have to give you a new key to begin your Mercedes Benz Sprinter.
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