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, in this article we’ll take a look at why the key is stuck in your Volkswagen Caddy 3 ignition . Especially irritating, having a stuck ignition cylinder will prevent you from starting and consequently from utilising your motor vehicle. We will consequently do everything we can to help you solve this problem as quickly as possible. To do this, first, we will describe to you what the ignition of your motor vehicle is used for, then in a second time, why the ignition barrel of your Volkswagen Caddy 3 is stuck? And, to conclude, how to unblock the key stuck in your Volkswagen Caddy 3 ignition.

key-stuck-ignition-volkswagen-caddy-3

What’s the aim of my Volkswagen Caddy 3’s ignition lock?

The ignition lock of your Volkswagen Caddy 3 is a secureness element. Its aim is to secure your car from theft attempts. It is installed on the steering column of your motor vehicle, developed in 1931 by Abram Neiman. Its aim is to prevent your Volkswagen Caddy 3 from starting by blocking the steering and the steering lock if it does not identify your motor vehicle key. It is closely related 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 speak about blocked neiman we generally 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 Volkswagen Caddy 3 ignition?

Now it’s time to describe to you why the key is stuck in your Volkswagen Caddy 3 ignition cylinder . Now that we’ve explained what the ignition is, it’s time to find out why it’s stuck. If it is the steering wheel of your Volkswagen Caddy 3 that is blocked, do not think twice to read our content on this subject. A neiman is not a wearing part that you replace regularly but time has an influence on it and it can occur that you have to replace it because of normal wear and tear. On this website are the different reasons of a ignition that locks on Volkswagen Caddy 3 :

  • Normal wear and tear on the ignition barrel of your Volkswagen Caddy 3 : As we said earlier, over 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 complications inserting and turning the key before it locks completely.
  • A component of the ignition of your Volkswagen Caddy 3 that breaks down: In the same logic, an element of the neiman can fail. As we revealed 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 Volkswagen Caddy 3: At last, last opportunity, 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 Volkswagen Caddy 3 ignition barrel?

We now move on to the solutions available to you for resolving a key stuck in your Volkswagen Caddy 3 ignition . Depending to the source of your problem the solutions will not be similar, find them down below:

  • Ignition barrel blocked because of a twisted key: If your key is twisted, it is obvious that your neiman will not unblock. Try carefully 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 Volkswagen Caddy 3 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 Volkswagen Caddy 3.
  • .

  • 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 sadly have to replace the whole block (electronic switch, lock cylinder, neiman), we advise you to go to a specialist who will as well have to give you a new key to start your Volkswagen Caddy 3.

.

To get more tips on the Volkswagen Caddy 3, take a look at the Volkswagen Caddy 3 category.