ignition key

[rogerb]

My heater fan stopped werking and then my ignition key got stuck and I could not turn the engin off has enyone had this problem

[jasper5]

A few people seem to have had this problem. Do a search and you will find something.

Were you wiggling the key to try to get the heater working again?

A good dose of WD40 inside the keyhole sometimes frees up the key, but I think you may need a new ignition barrel.

[406silverhdi]

yeah i had this

i replaced the wiring behind the ignition, kept the same keys etc, so dont worry about that

this is a saxo barrel but it looks roughly the same (for illustration purposes) you need to change the wire a and the plastic bit



i did it in about 30 minutes, which included lots of trople checking of everything!

I nicked the wire from a breakers yard

[406silverhdi]

*the creamy coloured bit insided the barrel comes out of the barrel, allowing you to keep the same key!

[coopster]

Yup happened to me in the petrol station thought my steering column was on fire the mount of smoke coming out!! the thing is my key never got stuck but i replaced all the wiring barrell etc and were all working fine again now

It is just the case of replacing the wire on the back of the barrell!!