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 Volkswagen Touran ignition . Specially irritating, having a stuck ignition cylinder will prevent you from starting and consequently from using your car. We will consequently do everything we can to help you remedy this problem as soon as possible. To get this done, first, we will explain to you what the ignition of your motor vehicle is used for, then in a second time, why the ignition barrel of your Volkswagen Touran is stuck? And, at last, how to unblock the key stuck in your Volkswagen Touran ignition.
What’s the purpose of my Volkswagen Touran’s ignition lock?
The ignition lock of your Volkswagen Touran is a secureness component. Its purpose is to protect your car from theft tries. It is installed on the steering column of your car, invented in 1931 by Abram Neiman. Its purpose is to prevent your Volkswagen Touran from starting by blocking the steering and the steering lock if it does not identify your car 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 make reference 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 Volkswagen Touran ignition?
Now it’s time to explain to you why the key is stuck in your Volkswagen Touran 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 Touran that is blocked, do not think twice to have a look at our content page on this matter. A neiman is not a wearing part that you change frequently but time has an influence on it and it can occur that you have to change it because of normal wear and tear. On this website are the different reasons of a ignition that locks on Volkswagen Touran :
- Regular wear and tear on the ignition barrel of your Volkswagen Touran : As we said above, over 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 properly. In such a case, you should feel problems inserting and turning the key before it locks completely.
- An element of the ignition of your Volkswagen Touran 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 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 Touran: 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 car before, he may have twisted internal components and thus broken the neiman of it.
How do I unlock the key stuck in my Volkswagen Touran ignition barrel?
We now proceed to the solutions available to you for handling a key stuck in your Volkswagen Touran ignition . According to the origin of your problem the solutions will not be the same, 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 carefully 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 Volkswagen Touran is clogged because of impurities : Use a WD40 type degreaser and let it work for a short while, it should unblock the neiman of your Volkswagen Touran.
- 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 unfortunately have to change the whole block (electronic switch, lock cylinder, neiman), we suggest you to go to a specialist who will as well have to give you a new key to begin your Volkswagen Touran.
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If you need more tutorials on the Volkswagen Touran, go to our Volkswagen Touran category.
