We continue our series of content articles on what can get stuck on your motor vehicle. After seeing 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 Golf 5 ignition . Especially frustrating, having a stuck ignition cylinder will prevent you from starting and consequently from utilising your motor vehicle. We will therefore do everything we can to help you remedy this problem as soon 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 Volkswagen Golf 5 is stuck? And, to conclude, how to unblock the key stuck in your Volkswagen Golf 5 ignition.
What’s the aim of my Volkswagen Golf 5’s ignition lock?
The ignition lock of your Volkswagen Golf 5 is a security component. Its goal is to protect your car from theft attempts. It is placed on the steering column of your motor vehicle, developed in 1931 by Abram Neiman. Its goal is to prevent your Volkswagen Golf 5 from starting by blocking the steering and the steering lock if it does not recognize 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 quite often 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 Volkswagen Golf 5 ignition?
Now it’s time to show you to you why the key is stuck in your Volkswagen Golf 5 ignition cylinder . Now that we’ve described what the ignition is, it’s time to find out why it’s stuck. If it is the steering wheel of your Volkswagen Golf 5 that is blocked, do not hesitate to browse our article on this subject. A neiman is not a wearing part that you replace repeatedly but time has an influence on it and it can occur that you have to replace it because of regular wear and tear. Here are the different reasons of a ignition that locks on Volkswagen Golf 5 :
- Regular wear and tear on the ignition barrel of your Volkswagen Golf 5 : As we stated over, over 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 correctly. In such a case, you should feel complications inserting and turning the key before it locks entirely.
- A component of the ignition of your Volkswagen Golf 5 that fails: In the same logic, an element of the neiman can fail. As we described 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 Volkswagen Golf 5: 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 Volkswagen Golf 5 ignition barrel?
We now move on to the solutions available to you for solving a key stuck in your Volkswagen Golf 5 ignition . Depending to the origin of your problem the solutions will not be similar, discover 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 gently 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 Golf 5 is clogged because of impurities : Use a WD40 type degreaser and let it work for a couple of minutes, it should unblock the neiman of your Volkswagen Golf 5.
- If your key is stuck in your ignition because of a faulty 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 recommend you to go to a specialist who will as well have to give you a new key to begin your Volkswagen Golf 5.
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Whenever you have any further questions about the Volkswagen Golf 5, do not hesitate to consult our Volkswagen Golf 5 category.
