A new fault.
Tonight when driving the car started beeping, its the same beep that reminds you to take the keys out of the car, just over and over. Pulled over, took the key out restarted the car and drove home (6 miles) without the beeping.
Went back out to the car and tried starting it and got Engine Immobiliser fault, car wouldn't start. So locked the doors a few times, wiggled the key around and the car started OK. However sometimes when I take the key out of the ignition, the key in ignition beeping won't stop even though they key is removed, you have to remove the key a few times to get it to stop. I have noticed that when taking the key out of the barrel that it feels a little strange, its as if something in the barrel is sticking because the resistance when putting the key in is different.
So my question - Is there a switch inside the barrel that tells the car that the key is inserted, or is it the transponder? Any suggestions, I want to make sure the car is reliable because my wife drives it at night alone, maybe a quick squirt of WD40 in the ignition barrel?
A few things have been done on the car in the past week, a few faulty bulbs were remedied and fuses removed and checked, but I wouldn't have thought that would be an issue?