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 Peugeot 307 Cc ignition . Specially frustrating, having a stuck ignition cylinder will prevent you from starting and consequently from utilising your motor vehicle. We will so do everything we can to help you fix this issue as quickly as possible. To achieve 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 Peugeot 307 Cc is stuck? And, at last, how to unblock the key stuck in your Peugeot 307 Cc ignition.
What’s the aim of my Peugeot 307 Cc’s ignition lock?
The ignition lock of your Peugeot 307 Cc is a security part. Its intent is to secure your car from theft tries. It is installed on the steering column of your motor vehicle, created in 1931 by Abram Neiman. Its intent is to prevent your Peugeot 307 Cc 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 generally 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 Peugeot 307 Cc ignition?
Now it’s time to show you to you why the key is stuck in your Peugeot 307 Cc ignition cylinder . Now that we’ve defined what the ignition is, it’s time to find out why it’s stuck. If it is the steering wheel of your Peugeot 307 Cc that is blocked, do not hesitate to browse our content page on this subject. A neiman is not a wearing component that you replace frequently but time has an influence on it and it can happen that you have to replace it as a result of normal wear and tear. Here are the different explanations of a ignition that locks on Peugeot 307 Cc :
- Normal wear and tear on the ignition barrel of your Peugeot 307 Cc : As we said 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 this case, you should experience difficulty inserting and turning the key before it locks entirely.
- An element of the ignition of your Peugeot 307 Cc that breaks down: In the same logic, an element of the neiman can fail. As we revealed 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 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 Peugeot 307 Cc: At last, last opportunity, 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 elements and thus damaged the neiman of it.
How do I unlock the key stuck in my Peugeot 307 Cc ignition barrel?
We now move on to the solutions available to you for handling a key stuck in your Peugeot 307 Cc ignition . Depending to the origin of your issue the solutions will not be the same, discover them below:
- Ignition barrel blocked as a result of 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 copy of your key.
- Ignition cylinder If the neiman of your Peugeot 307 Cc is clogged as a result of impurities : Use a WD40 type degreaser and let it work for a few minutes, it should unblock the neiman of your Peugeot 307 Cc.
- If your key is stuck in your ignition as a result of a faulty element: If finally it is as a result of an internal element that your ignition lock is no longer unblocked you will sadly have to replace the whole block (electronic switch, lock cylinder, neiman), we recommend you to go to a specialist who will as well have to give you a new key to begin your Peugeot 307 Cc.
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