Ignition cylinder
Ignition cylinder Hey guys. I Think my ignition cylinder is going out. Car is 2000 M6 ws6. Lock keeps getting stuck in accy position and have to fumble it back and forth before it will turn to lock. During this time you can completely remove the key with the lights on the dash still on…I’ve found if you turn it to accy, then remove key, then press the release button it will turn to lock. . So I can’t stand the m6 push button thing. I see hawks sells both styles. Why do m6 cars have this nuisance and can I replace it with an A4 style?
Before you go further, I would try another good key. A worn key can cause these symptoms also. (Inability to advance, not holding the key captive.) However - It could be a bad cylinder. If you don't have a spare ignition key, then having a new one punched from scratch (copying your worn key will not do any good) can be expensive. (Getting a new cylinder can be less expensive, but the install is a ton of work.)
The manual and automatic cylinders are not interchangeable. The automatic interlocks with the PRNDL selector. Instead of the push button, you need to be in "Park" in order to turn back the cyllinder and withdraw the key. Since the manual doesn't have a PRNDL selector, we have the push button to make sure we really want to take the key out. This is a key safety feature.
In old school cars, there were many fatal accidents where people accidentailly knocked the key off and out while the car was moving. There was also a swath of "ignition switch deatths" a little while back: https://www.aboutlawsuits.com/saturn-vue-recall-69565/ ...So, you get the putch button to make sure you really want to take the key out and to add extra insurance that people with heavy key chains don't have their keys fall out. (If I remember correctly, some of these accidents were caused by people having a bunch of junk on their key chain which had enough weight to turn the ignition off and pull the key out when they hit a bump.)
The manual and automatic cylinders are not interchangeable. The automatic interlocks with the PRNDL selector. Instead of the push button, you need to be in "Park" in order to turn back the cyllinder and withdraw the key. Since the manual doesn't have a PRNDL selector, we have the push button to make sure we really want to take the key out. This is a key safety feature.
In old school cars, there were many fatal accidents where people accidentailly knocked the key off and out while the car was moving. There was also a swath of "ignition switch deatths" a little while back: https://www.aboutlawsuits.com/saturn-vue-recall-69565/ ...So, you get the putch button to make sure you really want to take the key out and to add extra insurance that people with heavy key chains don't have their keys fall out. (If I remember correctly, some of these accidents were caused by people having a bunch of junk on their key chain which had enough weight to turn the ignition off and pull the key out when they hit a bump.)
