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 check out why the key is stuck in your Volkswagen Golf 6 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 get this done, 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 Volkswagen Golf 6 is stuck? And, to finish, how to unblock the key stuck in your Volkswagen Golf 6 ignition.

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What’s the goal of my Volkswagen Golf 6’s ignition lock?

The ignition lock of your Volkswagen Golf 6 is a security component. Its goal is to secure your car from theft attempts. It is installed on the steering column of your motor vehicle, created in 1931 by Abram Neiman. Its goal is to prevent your Volkswagen Golf 6 from starting by blocking the steering and the steering lock if it does not recognize your motor vehicle key. It is closely connected 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 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 Golf 6 ignition?

Now it’s time to show you to you why the key is stuck in your Volkswagen Golf 6 ignition cylinder . Now that we’ve described what the ignition is, it’s time to identify why it’s stuck. If it is the steering wheel of your Volkswagen Golf 6 that is blocked, do not hesitate to seek advice from our content page on this subject. A neiman is not a wearing component that you change repeatedly but time has an influence on it and it can happen that you have to change it due to normal wear and tear. In this article are the different reasons of a ignition that locks on Volkswagen Golf 6 :

  • Normal wear and tear on the ignition barrel of your Volkswagen Golf 6 : As we said over, with time, the components of the neiman can become seized up, or become filled with dust or small particles from the outside that will prevent it from working correctly. In such a case, you should feel problems inserting and turning the key before it locks completely.
  • A component of the ignition of your Volkswagen Golf 6 that breaks down: 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 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 Golf 6: Finally, last possibility, and it’s more or less rational, 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 Golf 6 ignition barrel?

We now proceed to the solutions available to you for fixing a key stuck in your Volkswagen Golf 6 ignition . Depending to the source of your problem the solutions will not be the same, discover them down below:

  • Ignition barrel blocked due to 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 Golf 6 is clogged due to impurities : Use a WD40 type degreaser and let it work for a few moments, it should unblock the neiman of your Volkswagen Golf 6.
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  • 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 regrettably have to change the whole block (electronic switch, lock cylinder, neiman), we suggest you to go to a expert who will as well have to give you a new key to start your Volkswagen Golf 6.

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To discover more tips on the Volkswagen Golf 6, take a look at the Volkswagen Golf 6 category.