ignition problem

[ian3333]

just gone to turn car off and the key wont turn either way and is stuck could any1 help please thanks

[Graeme-P]

ignition barrel fubard.happened on my old vtr nightmare of job to do.take steering wheel etc off and push pin in to release key then get new barrel sorted.

[ian3333]

the heaters keep coming on and off same with power steering just had new power steering pump any idea of that to?thanks

[Graeme-P]

id be checking relays for heater power steering fault but.i had power steering fault when my ignition barrel went tits up replaced ignition barrel and was all good

[adamskiTNR]

It's the heater power steering fix. Search it. It involves simply bridging one of the wires below the steering column

[ian3333]

thanks mate will ring round for 1 tomorow i had to take my alarm off aswell last week all my lites went off apart from front and when put fuse in l.e.d for alarm kept flashing and hazards so got all that ripped out i didnt get a fob for it and there were no siren not having much luck so far if i change barrel ill have to change key do you no how much they are or from citroen?

[nads2030]

If you remove the barrel from steering column, you will see it is basically two halves. Front piece is metal which holds the key and back piece which is plastic. ( it is the plastic part which will have probably melted. It did on mine) The two pieces are held together by a small torx screw. Undo the screw seperate the two halves about an inch and lift out the plastic bit which has the wires attached to it. Now you should find that the key will turn in the metal part of the barrel. I have managed to pick the plastic part up from my local scrap yard for a fiver. Put it all back together, and it has worked fine now for over two years. Citreon wont sell you the plastic part, only complete barrel and new key.When I asked about new barrel and key, they wanted £140.00
Cant repeat what I thought of them, so I did it myself. Good luck.

[Graeme-P]

i gott barrel from scrap yard and swapped all springs pins etc from old barrel to new took about a day but worked i wasnt going to pay £300 for barrel fitting and coding from citreon:n:

[ian3333]

i can imagine what you thought lol iv took the plastic cover off so far lol dont know where to start theres wires all over i know theres like a little blak box under the barrel

[nads2030]

Is your saxo mk1 or mk2 ? If mk1 I could try and tell you how it is done. And by plastic cover, I assume you mean the cover under the steering column ?

[ian3333]

its mk1 mate v reg yeh thats the plastic bit lol