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[gewilkes]

 :(Hi i have 98 elite and can't open door or boot with the 2 keys manually but can unlock car with the fob.
When i put key in the door or boot it will go in but not turn, don't look like it goes all the way in.
Any help.
Thanks.
Gerry

[TheBoy]

Wrong keys? Maybe ignition barrel has been changed at some point?

[Andy B]

:(Hi i have 98 elite and can't open door or boot with the 2 keys manually but can unlock car with the fob.
When i put key in the door or boot it will go in but not turn, don't look like it goes all the way in.
Any help.
Thanks.
Gerry

Could be as The Boy suggests, but also due to lack of use. As you rarely need to use the key in the lock, things sieze up, try lubricating the locks, chain lub is quite good for this application. 

[gewilkes]

i thought it could be wrong keys, what would be the cost u think to change the door/boot locks and anything that has to be done to it.

[TheBoy]

i thought it could be wrong keys, what would be the cost u think to change the door/boot locks and anything that has to be done to it.

Cheapest way would be a lockset from a breaker here I suspect.

Keep your immobiliser ECU, transponders and fobs, and electronically, you shouldn't upset immobiliser or alarm

[Andy B]

i thought it could be wrong keys, ......

Try lub'ing the locks first!
If I replaced an ignition lock, I'd keep the original key for use in the other locks. My boot lock was next to impossible to open with the key till I lub'ed it.

[TheBoy]

i thought it could be wrong keys, ......

Try lub'ing the locks first!
If I replaced an ignition lock, I'd keep the original key for use in the other locks. My boot lock was next to impossible to open with the key till I lub'ed it.

Oddly, none of mine have ever seized...  ...but then because I keep fitting 2nd hand door motors, I frequently end up using the key

[zirk]

On the drivers door lock, put the key in, and gentlly it turn to right, give it a wiggle, you should see a slight movement, very slight, on the door pop up button, is so then plenty of wd40 and go for it, if zero movement, then wrong key, locks been changed.

[Andy B]

.....but then because I keep fitting 2nd hand door motors, I frequently end up using the key

What are you doing to keep needing to replacing locking motors?  I've only had need to replace one in the last 8+yrs 

[TheBoy]

.....but then because I keep fitting 2nd hand door motors, I frequently end up using the key

What are you doing to keep needing to replacing locking motors?  I've only had need to replace one in the last 8+yrs 

every omega I buy has the same problem. The mv6 has some weird shit happening with electrics in drivers door, like it was made in france

[Andy B]

.....
every omega I buy has the same problem.  ....

Ah! I've only ever bought the one, and it never lived up to its predecessor ...................   

[Kevin Wood]

Oddly, none of mine have ever seized...  ...but then because I keep fitting 2nd hand door motors, I frequently end up using the key

Happiness is a microswitch called Cherry. Farnell part no. 1519007.

[Andy B]

Oddly, none of mine have ever seized...  ...but then because I keep fitting 2nd hand door motors, I frequently end up using the key

Happiness is a microswitch called Cherry. Farnell part no. 1519007.

That's the answer to a slightly different question Kev 

A bucket load of microswitches won't make any difference if the barrel is siezed or the wrong key is used in it!