We continue our series of content articles on what can get stuck on your car. After seeing why your fuel flap or hood could get stuck, today we’ll check out why the key is stuck in your Renault Maxity ignition . Especially irritating, having a stuck ignition cylinder will prevent you from starting and consequently from employing your car. We will consequently do everything we can to help you solve this problem 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 Renault Maxity is stuck? And, at last, how to unblock the key stuck in your Renault Maxity ignition.
What’s the aim of my Renault Maxity’s ignition lock?
The ignition lock of your Renault Maxity is a secureness feature. Its intent is to protect your car from theft attempts. It is installed on the steering column of your car, developed in 1931 by Abram Neiman. Its intent is to prevent your Renault Maxity from starting by blocking the steering and the steering lock if it does not recognize your car key. It is closely linked 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 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 Renault Maxity ignition?
Now it’s time to show you to you why the key is stuck in your Renault Maxity 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 Renault Maxity that is blocked, do not hesitate to browse our content page on this subject matter. A neiman is not a wearing component that you replace repeatedly but time has an influence on it and it can happen that you have to replace it as a result of regular wear and tear. Here are the different explanations of a ignition that locks on Renault Maxity :
- Regular wear and tear on the ignition barrel of your Renault Maxity : As we explained 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 effectively. In such a case, you should feel complications inserting and turning the key before it locks entirely.
- An element of the ignition of your Renault Maxity that fails: In the same logic, an element of the neiman can fail. As we explained 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 Renault Maxity: 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 car before, he may have twisted internal elements and thus broken the neiman of it.
How do I unlock the key stuck in my Renault Maxity ignition barrel?
We now proceed to the solutions available to you for fixing a key stuck in your Renault Maxity ignition . According to the origin of your problem the solutions will not be similar, locate them down below:
- Ignition barrel blocked as a result of a twisted key: If your key is twisted, it is obvious that your neiman will not unblock. Try gently 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 Renault Maxity is clogged as a result of impurities : Use a WD40 type degreaser and let it work for a couple of minutes, it should unblock the neiman of your Renault Maxity.
- 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 expert who will as well have to give you a new key to start your Renault Maxity.
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