Ignition Stiff And Key Hard To Turn!

[Becki]

any ideas on what migh tbe causing this and how to remedy it please guys?

 

Over the past 3 days its been hard and hard to getth ecar key to turn in th ebarrel to start the car and osmetimes it sticks and the key continues to turn the start motor until we pull it back.

 

any ideas on how this can be fixed or whats causing it?

 

thanks

[turk90210]

First point of call

1. Is the key straight- might sound obvious but went out to a lady in a similar prediciment and found the key was bent like a banana Gentle persuasion with a vice fixed it

 

after that the only things that come to mind are a worn ignition lock/barrel or the ignition switch which is mounted to the back of the barrel any of these though will involve stripping down part of the steering to investigate

from experience the most common fault is the switch

hope this helps