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 take a look at why the key is stuck in your Seat Tarraco ignition . Particularly irritating, having a stuck ignition cylinder will prevent you from starting and therefore from utilising your car. We will so do everything we can to help you remedy this problem as soon as possible. To achieve 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 Seat Tarraco is stuck? And, at last, how to unblock the key stuck in your Seat Tarraco ignition.
What’s the aim of my Seat Tarraco’s ignition lock?
The ignition lock of your Seat Tarraco is a security feature. Its goal is to protect your car from theft attempts. It is situated on the steering column of your car, developed in 1931 by Abram Neiman. Its goal is to prevent your Seat Tarraco from starting by blocking the steering and the steering lock if it does not identify your car 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 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 Seat Tarraco ignition?
Now it’s time to show you to you why the key is stuck in your Seat Tarraco ignition cylinder . Now that we’ve defined what the ignition is, it’s time to identify why it’s stuck. If it is the steering wheel of your Seat Tarraco that is blocked, do not hesitate to consult our article on this matter. 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 because of regular wear and tear. Here are the different reasons of a ignition that locks on Seat Tarraco :
- Normal wear and tear on the ignition barrel of your Seat Tarraco : As we stated above, with time, the components of the neiman can become seized up, or become packed with dust or small particles from the outside that will prevent it from working correctly. In this case, you should feel difficulty inserting and turning the key before it locks completely.
- A component of the ignition of your Seat Tarraco 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 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 Seat Tarraco: At last, last possibility, 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 Seat Tarraco ignition barrel?
We now move on to the solutions available to you for solving a key stuck in your Seat Tarraco ignition . According to the source of your problem the solutions will not be similar, find them below:
- Ignition barrel blocked because of a twisted key: If your key is twisted, it is logical 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 Seat Tarraco is clogged because of impurities : Use a WD40 type degreaser and let it work for a few minutes, it should unblock the neiman of your Seat Tarraco.
- If your key is stuck in your ignition because of a defective element: If finally it is because of 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 advise you to go to a expert who will also have to give you a new key to begin your Seat Tarraco.
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