Hi All
Sorry to ask about ignition barrel as there seem to be quite a few posts on the subject but not answering all my questions
Yesterday evening my daughter called me after work as she couldnt get her key to turn at all in the ignition. I went along with her spare key and some graphite powder.
Her spare key was the same, it would go in (wasnt smooth had to jiggle a bit) but wouldnt turn.
Eventually after lots of graphite powder and taking the key in/out and jiggling about it turned and we managed to get the car started and home.
At home we stopped the car, took the key out and tried again and it was exactly the same, the key will go in the lock but will not turn at all to even the first position. The steering lock is NOT on at the moment
So I could really do with some advice on what to do/try next and have some questions:
- Firstly is the ignition barrel part of the immobiliser system itself or does it simply house the aerial that detects the chip/transponder in the head of the key ?
- Is the ignition barrel purely physical or is there something electrical that would stop it turning at all with the correct key(s)
- I was thinking of 2 approaches (that assume the issue is the physical barrel) and would like to understand if these would work:
1) somehow remove the "levers" from the barrel so the key (or physically anything that shape) will turn it. This is assuming the issue is the physical mechanism.
2) find a replacement ignition barrel and keys to fit and swap the key heads with the transponders associated with the car from the old keys to the new.
This assumes the steering lock itself is just an aerial for the immobilizer
- I've no idea if either of these will work as I'm not sure how the system works in the Micra, so if anyone can provide any help/guidance I'd really appreciate it
Cheers Dave
Sorry to ask about ignition barrel as there seem to be quite a few posts on the subject but not answering all my questions
Yesterday evening my daughter called me after work as she couldnt get her key to turn at all in the ignition. I went along with her spare key and some graphite powder.
Her spare key was the same, it would go in (wasnt smooth had to jiggle a bit) but wouldnt turn.
Eventually after lots of graphite powder and taking the key in/out and jiggling about it turned and we managed to get the car started and home.
At home we stopped the car, took the key out and tried again and it was exactly the same, the key will go in the lock but will not turn at all to even the first position. The steering lock is NOT on at the moment
So I could really do with some advice on what to do/try next
and have some questions:- Firstly is the ignition barrel part of the immobiliser system itself or does it simply house the aerial that detects the chip/transponder in the head of the key ?
- Is the ignition barrel purely physical or is there something electrical that would stop it turning at all with the correct key(s)
- I was thinking of 2 approaches (that assume the issue is the physical barrel) and would like to understand if these would work:
1) somehow remove the "levers" from the barrel so the key (or physically anything that shape) will turn it. This is assuming the issue is the physical mechanism.
2) find a replacement ignition barrel and keys to fit and swap the key heads with the transponders associated with the car from the old keys to the new.
This assumes the steering lock itself is just an aerial for the immobilizer
- I've no idea if either of these will work as I'm not sure how the system works in the Micra, so if anyone can provide any help/guidance I'd really appreciate it
Cheers Dave
