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Spare Key problem 406

Lost my keys on a drunken Saturday night, got hold of the spare key (minus electronic fob), works fine when unlocking and locking the doors of the car (central locking works fine), slips into the ignition block fine also, but will not let me turn the ignition key round to start the car. It?s as if the steering lock wont come off. Tried jiggling the key and the steering wheel about, but to no avail, anyone have any idea?s? I dont want to be catching Busses for too much longer! the car doesnt have an alarm to dis-engage, and it shouldnt be anything to do with the electronic fob because ive started the car with the old key before without using this feature (when the batteries in the key had ran out)

Any help much appreciated, Jordan

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Jordanq
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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.

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Keith Willcocks

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MICHAEL ROCHE

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

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Jordanq

Glad you're sorted.

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Keith Willcocks

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