x20drb Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 Went out to the car this morning to find it nearly fully iced over, de-iced as usual then poured some cold water over the car just to clear the sludge, unlocked the car, then to find the door completely frozen shut, but it felt like the lock more than the edges of the door, worrying, however the passenger door was okay, it took a 20 minute drive to make the drivers door openable! is this a common thing? or is my lock just nackered? Cheers Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4RE Leather Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 (edited) You proberbly got water into the mechanism somewhere and it froze solid. As the car warmed up during you run to work the warmth from the heaters and engine transferd to the lock and thawed it out suficiently to unlock. However it may freece up again after you turn off dependant on the day temp. Locks are designed to be clean and dust free, with a small amount off greece in the right place! Unless its on a Canal then you can put as much water in it as you can get! Edited December 13, 2012 by 4RE Leather Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arran Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 Put a small line of Vaseline or rubber care lube on the top of the seal where the window meets it so it won't freeze shut aswell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rabbitstew Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 Err... i dread to think what my missus would think if she saw me heading out to my car with a tub of Vaseline in my hands.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4RE Leather Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 Err... i dread to think what my missus would think if she saw me heading out to my car with a tub of Vaseline in my hands.... Especially if SMD was about! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomS Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 This happened to me a lot last winter, had to stand outside for ages pouring water over the door. I never worked out if it was the window being stuck causing it or the internal lock as when I pressed the fob nothing moved! I've solved it this year by deciding to work from home for the next 4 weeks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ebized Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 Personally, I think that pouring water over an iced up car is never a good idea as chances are when you park up and its still freezing you are likely to end up with doors frozen to the rubber seals. Drying seals if wet and a freeze is expected might help prevent the doors jaming. De-icer or a heat source would be best for the locks, IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x20drb Posted December 13, 2012 Author Share Posted December 13, 2012 Thanks guys, i think ill try some de-icer in the lock while i leave it overnight first, if that fails...vasoline Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Mcgoo Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 You can buy little cans of lock de-icer. I've used them and they work quite well. As advised above - a small amount of vasaline or silicone grease around the door rubbers works quite well if its just that freezing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetSet Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 Yeah, I've had this problem...big time a couple of years ago. Yesterday I just lightly greased the door rubbers (after failing yet again to get in) , seemed to work O.K this morning . Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supratad Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 Me too, It happened a few weeks back just after drowning it, but I had a spray can of silicone grease so I did all the rubbers around both doors and sprayed normal grease into the door lock. In the past few days of even colder weather it has given me no trouble at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoogyRev Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 +1 on a bit of lube Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glrnet Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 You can buy little cans of lock de-icer. I've used them and they work quite well. As advised above - a small amount of vasaline or silicone grease around the door rubbers works quite well if its just that freezing. Just don't leave the can of lock de icer in the car like a mate of mine did Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BulletMagnet Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 Bought a spray can of silicone grease at Halfords today (£3.99), did both doors and the tailgate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rabbitstew Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 You can buy little cans of lock de-icer. I've used them and they work quite well. As advised above - a small amount of vasaline or silicone grease around the door rubbers works quite well if its just that freezing. Just don't leave the can of lock de icer in the car like a mate of mine did You laugh but i did just that last week. Left the de-icer & scraper inside the front of the car.... last time i make that mistake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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