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 Mercedes Viano ignition . Especially frustrating, having a stuck ignition cylinder will prevent you from starting and consequently from employing your motor vehicle. We will so do everything we can to help you remedy this problem as quickly as possible. To do this, first, we will describe to you what the ignition of your car is used for, then in a second time, why the ignition barrel of your Mercedes Viano is stuck? And, to finish, how to unblock the key stuck in your Mercedes Viano ignition.

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What’s the purpose of my Mercedes Viano’s ignition lock?

The ignition lock of your Mercedes Viano is a security element. Its goal is to secure your car from theft tries. It is positioned on the steering column of your motor vehicle, invented in 1931 by Abram Neiman. Its goal is to prevent your Mercedes Viano from starting by blocking the steering and the steering lock if it does not recognize 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 quite often 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 Mercedes Viano ignition?

Now it’s time to describe to you why the key is stuck in your Mercedes Viano ignition cylinder . Now that we’ve explained what the ignition is, it’s time to identify why it’s stuck. If it is the steering wheel of your Mercedes Viano that is blocked, do not hesitate to have a look at our content page on this matter. A neiman is not a wearing part that you replace frequently but time has an influence on it and it can occur 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 Viano :

  • Normal wear and tear on the ignition barrel of your Mercedes Viano : As we said earlier, 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 properly. In such a case, you should feel difficulty inserting and turning the key before it locks totally.
  • A component of the ignition of your Mercedes Viano that fails: In the same logic, an element of the neiman can fail. As we described 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 Viano: Finally, 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 Mercedes Viano ignition barrel?

We now proceed to the solutions available to you for fixing a key stuck in your Mercedes Viano ignition . Depending to the source of your problem the solutions will not be the same, discover them down below:

  • Ignition barrel blocked due to a twisted key: If your key is twisted, it is logical 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 Mercedes Viano is clogged due to impurities : Use a WD40 type degreaser and let it work for a short while, it should unblock the neiman of your Mercedes Viano.
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  • 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 Viano.

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