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 Toyota Yaris ignition . Particularly irritating, having a stuck ignition cylinder will prevent you from starting and consequently from employing your motor vehicle. We will consequently do everything we can to help you solve this problem as quickly as possible. To get this done, 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 Toyota Yaris is stuck? And, to conclude, how to unblock the key stuck in your Toyota Yaris ignition.
What’s the aim of my Toyota Yaris’s ignition lock?
The ignition lock of your Toyota Yaris is a secureness part. Its purpose is to secure your car from theft attempts. It is positioned on the steering column of your motor vehicle, created in 1931 by Abram Neiman. Its purpose is to prevent your Toyota Yaris from starting by blocking the steering and the steering lock if it does not identify your motor vehicle 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 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 Toyota Yaris ignition?
Now it’s time to show you to you why the key is stuck in your Toyota Yaris ignition cylinder . Now that we’ve detailed what the ignition is, it’s time to find out why it’s stuck. If it is the steering wheel of your Toyota Yaris that is blocked, do not hesitate to read our content on this subject matter. A neiman is not a wearing part that you change frequently but time has an influence on it and it can appear that you have to change it due to regular wear and tear. In this article are the different explanations of a ignition that locks on Toyota Yaris :
- Regular wear and tear on the ignition barrel of your Toyota Yaris : 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 correctly. In such a case, you should feel issue inserting and turning the key before it locks completely.
- An element of the ignition of your Toyota Yaris that breaks down: In the same logic, an element of the neiman can fail. As we described in introduction, when we speak 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 Toyota Yaris: At last, last possibility, and it’s more or less logical, 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 broken the neiman of it.
How do I unlock the key stuck in my Toyota Yaris ignition barrel?
We now move on to the solutions available to you for handling a key stuck in your Toyota Yaris ignition . Depending to the origin of your problem the solutions will not be the same, locate them 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 copy of your key.
- Ignition cylinder If the neiman of your Toyota Yaris is clogged due to impurities : Use a WD40 type degreaser and let it work for a couple of minutes, it should unblock the neiman of your Toyota Yaris.
- 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 sadly have to change the whole block (electronic switch, lock cylinder, neiman), we advise you to go to a professional who will also have to give you a new key to start your Toyota Yaris.
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If you have any further questions about the Toyota Yaris, do not hesitate to consult our Toyota Yaris category.
