Does your ignition barrel light up?

[leicesterboy15]

Yesterday when I got in the car I noticed there was a piece of circular plastic trim around the ignition barrel that clips on to the barrel and into the rest of the steering column shroud. It had worked loose and was dangling over the key hole but what surprised me was that there were two wires connected to this piece.

I've seen cars with a circular light that light up the ignition barrel but I'm sure I don't have one of these, I was wondering if anyone else has theirs lit up or knows what the two wires are for?

[Ferret]

Yesterday when I got in the car I noticed there was a piece of circular plastic trim around the ignition barrel that clips on to the barrel and into the rest of the steering column shroud. It had worked loose and was dangling over the key hole but what surprised me was that there were two wires connected to this piece.

I've seen cars with a circular light that light up the ignition barrel but I'm sure I don't have one of these, I was wondering if anyone else has theirs lit up or knows what the two wires are for?

It's your key transponder reader!

If you remove that, the car wont start lol :D

[leicesterboy15]

Really? I didn't realise it had a transponder!

[Ferret]

Really? I didn't realise it had a transponder!

Yeah, all cars post '92-'94 were fitted with transponder keys - dont lose the keys cos they cost anything upto £130 from the dealer, programmed.