MatraSport Forum

My ignition is starting to play up, I say starting, its taking me on average 2 minutes to get the key to turn, anyone got info on where the locks came from or what can be made to fit?

Got the same problem.  I can only turn the key if it is inserted with the groove facing towards me.

Ignition locks don't like to support the weight of this:
(http://www.meldplaats.nl/photos/pict503.jpg)

That's what causing the problems

I guess its just worn in the mechanism, i have to try my key in both ways, twiddle like crazy and if i'm lucky, it works. It seems to have got a lot worse since my cars been stood over the winter.

It can also be a worn key. I have two, seemingly identical, keys. Both will open the doors, but only one will turn the ignition without trouble. The other one requires a fair amount of wiggling in order to work. When I compared them I found that the key that's not working is worn flat on the very tip.

My car came with two keys in 1995 - I guess the door locks had been replaced after a breakin or something. Anyway, I had one key for the doors and another for the ignition.

However, some years down the line (the last 5-8 years) the doors have stopped accepting the original key, but rather are now happy with the original ignition key. ??

They obviously have a life of their own, - but now my car only needs one key.

PS: I keep the old door-key in case my ignitionlock suddenly plays up :)

/Lennart

Sadly when I got mine the original was in very poor shape, so I had 2 new ones made. Maybe i'll try the other new one to see if that helps?