i wonder if anyone can shed some light on this problem.
basicly my ignition lock has frozen/locked up. it feels as though the steering lock is on.
i started the car fine this morning in the frost, but then turn the engine off and removed the key quickly to open the boot.
when i went to restart the car the key goes in the lock fine but it wont turn left or right at all. plus i have now actually locked the steering by too much jiggling!.
has this happed to anyone else? i tried a quick search but coudnt find anything similar.
im hoping i will be able to work it loose again, but i feel that maybe the steering lock mechanism has kicked in??
is it gonna be a new ignition barrel job? would it break so suddenly?
i cant move the car now so ill have to do it in the street, is it a very hard job to change the barrel? im not too good with the spanners, i can do say a 3 spanner on the haynes scale!
any ideas? i may have to use up an AA homestart if i cant fix it.
broken ignition barrel??
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hi,
i wonder if anyone can shed some light on this problem.
basicly my ignition lock has frozen/locked up. it feels as though the steering lock is on.
i started the car fine this morning in the frost, but then turn the engine off and removed the key quickly to open the boot.
when i went to restart the car the key goes in the lock fine but it wont turn left or right at all. plus i have now actually locked the steering by too much jiggling!.
has this happed to anyone else? i tried a quick search but coudnt find anything similar.
im hoping i will be able to work it loose again, but i feel that maybe the steering lock mechanism has kicked in??
is it gonna be a new ignition barrel job? would it break so suddenly?
i cant move the car now so ill have to do it in the street, is it a very hard job to change the barrel? im not too good with the spanners, i can do say a 3 spanner on the haynes scale!
any ideas? i may have to use up an AA homestart if i cant fix it.