Can someone tell me what's wrong with my car? The ignition is blocked by some white thing that won't budge. I tried turning my steering wheel a little just to see what would happen and then my steering wheel locked into place. This is a 2015 Volkswagen Passat
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By any chance did you stick gum, cum, or glue in your ignition?
Self bump I really need help I'm stranded this sucks
No, I took the keys out, went inside a place for 5 mins, came back to my car and found the ignition like this.
We're a slow board, don't worry about bumping. Do you have anything or can you get anything like a toothpick or tweezers, preferably metal? Try and pick it out of there. I've never seen anything like this.
I tried pushing it with my house keys, it won't be pushed down from whence it came.
Wiggle the wheel a little bit, same thing happened to me with my 09 corolla
Is it like plastic or rubber or like something liquid that hardened? I don't think it came from there, I think it got into there and so should be pulled out.
I just did, the whole ignition kinda moves too when I do that, just a bit. Nothing unlodged tho
Rubber or plastic piece.
That's not going to help him start the car, he needs this stuff gone first. When the key is in, then wiggle it.
Do you have or can you get a tweezers or something close?
No
OP here, it's definitely part of the ignition I think. It's like connected to the ignition "tunnel", like it's a part of the car
Well good news, Google has given us a clue. Apparently that is a dust shield that's become dislodged/stuck. Don't like break it, but try to wiggle and work the key past it with some force.
So push really hard into it with the key?
Yes.
Wiggle the steering wheel a little bit if you can while you do it.
moms bf has a 2015 vw and had the same thing happen with the ignition lock. Apparently, theres a huge recall on them because they either lock you out of the ignition entirely or prevent your key from coming out. Call your stealership, ask about it.
if it has a steering lock it wont let him turn the key are you fucking retarded its not that
Can anything be done as a bandaid fix right now?
Tried that, no dice. Maybe I wasn't pushing the key hard enough? I'm not using my max strength I don't wanna break it off entirely.
Just force your key inside as hard as you can and try to get her started. Put all of your body weight into it.
Immediately drive to the Volkswagen dealership.
Ok I guess, man this is gay.
The wheel is locked turn opposite the lock and stick in the key
Either that or have it towed.
Both the fix or the towing is going to cost about the same anyways.
What?
the key is a wheel turn opposite the key and stick in the lock
Where are you, OP?
This day has been a quality meme
Parking lot in las vegas
Seriously? I'll come pick you up and tow your car for free. I live just over in Spring Valley.
Nah it's alright I already called the tow company but thanks user.
>lie about emissions
>lock customers out when they start to find out
VW
This is a meme right?
It's steering lock you dumb fuck reef extra hard on the wheel until it clicks and then you can stick the key in.
No you dumb fuck. He has something PHYSICALLY blocking the key hole. He can't even get the key into the ignition to even worry about the wheel lock, which most voltswagons don't have anyway.
>Can someone tell me what's wrong with my car?
This has happened to various other volkswagon owners. It has been described on VW forums. Try googling the following phrase:
volkswagon ignition is blocked by some white thing
You'll see that various forums including VWVortex forum has band-aid answers on how they got their car to work. I would probably take a thin pen knife blade and use the tip to put sideways pressure on the white thing to make it slide out of the way. With it slid out of the way, I would slide the key into the slot using the pen knife blade as a "shoe horn" to keep the white thing from sliding back.
a 2015 passat still has an oldschool tumbler? The fuck? I would of thought it was a fob car.