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#8 of 11 Re: Key won't Turn in Ingnition [sheronda] by khappy May 22, 2009 (7:55 am)
Replying to: sheronda (Mar 14, 2008 12:55 pm) I have a 2000 Dodge Grand Caravan that had the same problem. The only thing that worked for us was hitting the end of the key quite hard with a shoe (which I kept in the van all the time). It seemed to be worse on cold days too. After about a year of hitting it, it started not working anymore, and finally failed. We ended up calling a locksmith who came to the house and took it apart, greased up the individual....well I can't think of the name, but they are little things that fall into the key's grooves when you put the key in, anyway, we haven't had a problem since. He said that those "things" were getting stuck and when you hit the key with a shoe, you basically vibrate those down to where they should be, "shake them loose". After he lubricated them and loosened them up, they have worked fine. He told us if we could have driven the van to him, he would have done it for 25.00, but it was a little more than that since he came to us. I think only 40 or so. Very cheap way to fix the problem. I would suggest trying a locksmith (instead of a dealer) before you get stuck like we did. I hope this helps! Replies to this message: tpet (May 23, 2009 3:06 pm) khappy (May 23, 2009 7:29 pm) tpet (May 24, 2009 5:28 am)
#9 of 11 Re: Key won't Turn in Ingnition [khappy] by tpet May 23, 2009 (3:06 pm)
Replying to: khappy (May 22, 2009 7:55 am) Hello Sheronda:   Thank you for your suggestion. I am not sure if we have the same problem. I can insert my key and turn it to the start position and have the engine cranking over, but it won't start because of no gas or spark at the plugs. I did try hitting the key when it was in the ignition fairly hard with the palm of my hand and kept inward force on the key when trying to start the car, but still no success with the car actually starting. Please let me know if you were able to turn your key to the start position without hitting it or if you had to hit your key to drop the tumblers (I think that is what they are called) into place on your key so that you could then turn your key in the ignition to start your van. Replies to this message: khappy (May 23, 2009 7:29 pm) tpet (May 24, 2009 5:28 am)
#10 of 11 Re: Key won't Turn in Ingnition [tpet] by khappy May 23, 2009 (7:29 pm)
Replying to: tpet (May 23, 2009 3:06 pm) Hello,   I did have to hit my key in order to turn it. Thanks for the name of those things!! Tumblers, I will have to remember that. It does sound like we had a different problem. Sorry about that. I hope you can figure out what the problem is. Replies to this message: tpet (May 24, 2009 5:28 am)
#11 of 11 Re: Key won't Turn in Ingnition [khappy] by tpet May 24, 2009 (5:28 am)
Replying to: khappy (May 23, 2009 7:29 pm) No problem at all. I still appreciate the fact that you took the time to reply, thinking it might help. I hope I can figure it out as well. Thanks again.

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