Spare Key problem 406

Did you ever lock/unlock the doors with the key you lost or did you always use the remote button? I am wondering whether, prior to you getting the car, the ignition lock and main key were changed but not the spare.

cheers for the reply! Turns out the problem WAS to do with only using the remote button to unlock the car [with the old key]. But not for the reasons you mentioned. because I never used the old key in the door lock, the lock remained like new (not worn), but of course the key went into the ignition block allot, so that became worn along with the ignition block. Since the spare key i got hold of was a duplicate of a new, un-used key, it had trouble working in the worn ignition block, hence why it worked in the door but not the ignition! With determination (and allot of jiggling the key about) it slipped in and has bin fine since. Thanks anyway! :) :

"Keith Willcocks" wrote

Glad you're sorted.