The ignition lock is located on the side of your steering wheel, it’s where you plug in your key in order to start the engine, all you have to do is plug in the key and then rotate the key clockwise, and that should switch the car’s engine on.
Ignition lock breaking is not a rare sight, it is actually quite common, and people often have to replace their ignition switch once about every four years, and there can be multiple reasons to it, some could simply be due to time taking its toll, or it could be causing the metal around the clock wore down, both of which not really the driver’s fault but one mistake drivers often make that leads to ignition locks breaking is a heavy key chain, the pull of the heavy key chain downwards often ends up being one of the main reasons why ignition locks need to be replaced, or when drivers often miss the keyhole and damage the metal around it.
However it is not a costly setback, an ignition repair can cost anything between $50-$150, nothing too hard on the wallet and a locksmith can do it, your repairman will often try to convince you to buy a new ignition lock altogether but usually repairing the ignition lock should do the trick.
It is possible that the ignition lock may be beyond repair this may be due to the fact that it has already been patched upon a couple of times or it may be is because the damage on it was too much and now the only way out is to replace the ignition lock which again is not too expensive it will just cost you about $250-$300.