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2008 focus. need to know how to change key and tumbler ?

Key and tumbler not turning ignition switch far enough to start the car. has anew switch.

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Jun 12, 2008

SOURCE: ignition tumbler key

Place key into ignition, use a paper clip and press the tiny hole on the switch. Turn the key back towards ACC position and pull the cylinder right out. Reverse procedure to install.

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  • Posted on Jul 23, 2008

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Take the switch back out and carefully inspect the mechanics of its operation. On my Focus, the lock turns a part in the back that operates the ignition. The Taurus may be different, but it still has to turn the ignition. It sounds like there is some kind of trouble with the engagement. Good Luck.

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  • Posted on May 16, 2009

SOURCE: Possible ignition switch problem? 99 Explorer

The door locks wont work when the car is on. Dont spend time chassing this problem beacuse it is tied in with the ignition switch.

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  • Posted on Oct 15, 2009

SOURCE: 1997 Ford Taurus ignition switch was jammed and

the ignition switch is located under the dash at the bottom of the steering column.suspect a fault in the linkage connecting tumbler to switch.

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Aug 03, 2010

SOURCE: key stuck in ignition

your ignition have to be replaced focus 2002/7 have that problem and a lot more often if you have a lot of other keys with it,try some wd40 ,but if you do take the key out replace the ignition or you going to get stuck.

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Some issues here, I'll give you a few thoughts. The antitheft system should have recognized that a key was not in the ignition. So something must have happened to the antitheft, but that is not a issue for the lock not turning enough. Some ignition switches have a sliding mount which times the mechanical distance of the control rod or cable that you are trying to move with the screwdriver in the ignition. This simply means that the ignition switch was secured too high on the steering column when it was mounted. Also some lock cylinders will fit inside the ignition but when they are installed 180 degrees off, it messes up the distance on the rod length. It is like the activating fixture(as say a half moon shape) is on the left instead of the right and now can not move the control rod far enough.

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also with out starting it or engaging the starter as in just turning the key on to get power does anything work?
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Took my ford focus to a dealer because key would not turn either way. They said it was the tumbler and would have to be replaced. They jusy called and said they installed new tumbler and reprogramed the...
The reason that the key wouldn't turn must have come from a malfunction of the ignition switch or the connecting rod, rather than the just the tumbler. Since the dash lights & gauges work now, at least part of the ignition switch is working, but apparently not the part that's engaged when the switch is turned to the "start" position.
By replacing just the tumbler, the dealership tech would have jiggled the connecting rod just enough to reseat it (and fix the jam that was causing the key to fail to turn in the tumbler), but didn't fix the real problem, which seems to be a worn out ignition switch or worn connecting/actuating rod.

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