Citroen Saxo (1997 - 2003) - 00 1.2 ignition key stuck in barrel, citreon saxo

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Wed 11 Feb 2009 17:22
00 1.2 ignition key stuck in barrel, citreon saxo - carnewbie
Hi, I've been driving my saxo for about 2-3 months never had any problems, today i arrived at work and the key wouldnt turn or come out, i took it to the local garage and they said they dont deal with this sort of job but give me a number of a guy that deals with locks/igntions, he is away on holiday so not much luck atm, i called the AA, stalled the car as i waited and he couldnt get it out either so he started it back up from the bonnet, thats when i went to the garage and they told me to try contact the guy above and told me to take it home, stall it and disconnect the wires under the sterring wheel so the batterys dont drain, the key is stuck in position 2 or whichiver , as the battery was still on.

ive been told because its not in position 1 it is going to be hard to get it out, can anyone explain alittle further how and why it is harder and if theres anything i can resort to get it in position one or any ideas at all?

also is there any systems that could of locked it? like it thought the car was getting stolen? apparantly the auto door locking as been quite annoying in the past locking whenever it feels like, or whenever you hit a kirb or a pot hole or speed or something? i was in traffic so i definatly didnt speed or anything but i travel over alot of speed bumps each day, it also has powersteering and this morning when i was reversing out of my parking space at work it felt like driving a tank, (about 4-5 revers and forward moves to get out of the space when normally it turn enough to only reverse once.

im a little bit dyslexic so hope this is understandable

Any help will be appreciated, Thanks.
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Wed 11 Feb 2009 17:38
00 1.2 ignition key stuck in barrel, citreon saxo - mrsarcasm
Seems fairly common on Saxo's: letmegooglethatforyou.com/?q=key+stuck+in+ignition...o prob a new or second hand barrel's in order, prob have to get the key re-programmed for your car too.
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