L322 - Key wont turn in ignition

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Desticado

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• Apr 19, 2011

• #1

Hi.

Went to my vehicle last night and put the key in the ignition. (It's an 02 DHSE)
All the lights come on as normal on the dash but when I turn the key to start the engine everything goes blank and not a sound from anywhere.

Tried a couple of times before giving up and taking my other vehicle.

Gone back to it today, the central locking/remote/door lights etc all work fine but the key wont even make the first turn in the ignition like it did last night.

All advice greatly appreciated.

Cheers

M.

 

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Teamemmenracing

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West Lothian

• Apr 19, 2011

• #2

Bad Battery or bad battery earth ....??????

 

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Desticado

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• Apr 19, 2011

• #3

Sorted.

Something must have been left on and was draining the battery very slowly over the last couple of weeks (and I've not been using it much). A jump start and a battery check later courtest of the AA and all is good.

Well apart from the Air con fan not blowing... but that's for another thread.

Cheers

M.

 

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roddy4

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banbury,oxfordshire

• Apr 19, 2011

• #4

Desticado said:

Hi.

Went to my vehicle last night and put the key in the ignition. (It's an 02 DHSE)
All the lights come on as normal on the dash but when I turn the key to start the engine everything goes blank and not a sound from anywhere.

Tried a couple of times before giving up and taking my other vehicle.

Gone back to it today, the central locking/remote/door lights etc all work fine but the key wont even make the first turn in the ignition like it did last night.

All advice greatly appreciated.

Cheers

M.

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sounds like ignition barrel could be shot,give it a short burst of wd40.
might help free it up.

 

Datatek

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• Apr 19, 2011

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roddy4 said:

sounds like ignition barrel could be shot,give it a short burst of wd40.
might help free it up.

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That should gum it up nicely in the long term, use graphite lock lube if it's needed.

 

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Desticado

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• Apr 20, 2011

• #6

Thanks for the advice guys, but as you can see from the thread it was sorted.
The ignition barrel was locked because of the immobiliser/electrics not working due to the battery being dead...

A jump start sorted it all.

 

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mikky140

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• Apr 22, 2011

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Heater control module was common for causing battery drains, cheap to fix and need girls hands to get up in the footwell to change. Lots of threads on here reference this