Frozen locks

cloggie · Post by **cloggie** » Fri Dec 21, 2007 8:34 pm

Anyone got ant idea how to unfreeze my locks ? I stupidly left the car on the street last night and now i cant get in !!!! Help

mainsy · Post by **mainsy** » Fri Dec 21, 2007 8:37 pm

i had the same problem 2day. only thing that worked for me was a mug of boiling water and i kept dipping the key in then trying it in the lock. repeat 40 times and bingo

cloggie · Post by **cloggie** » Fri Dec 21, 2007 9:03 pm

i did that today but after that i couldnt get the key back out the egnition ! think i might have bent the key?

Rich H · Post by **Rich H** » Fri Dec 21, 2007 9:23 pm

Lighter on the key to heat it up to melt the ice..

Is it still stuck?

VXJON · Post by **VXJON** » Fri Dec 21, 2007 9:27 pm

Squirting Wd40 into the lock should help

Dominic · Post by **Dominic** » Fri Dec 21, 2007 11:22 pm

mainsy wrote:i had the same problem 2day. only thing that worked for me was a mug of boiling water and i kept dipping the key in then trying it in the lock. repeat 40 times and bingo

That was what I used to do. Always remember to dry the key before putting it in the lock; no point in introducing more moisture

Best prevention; leave it unlocked

.... what's your address

Kev · Post by **Kev** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 4:50 pm

I've had that a few times, so bought one of those hot key de-icer things off ebay. Had to use it for the first time this morning, couldn't get the key in, so 15-20 secs with the hot key = BINGO, only trouble after that was the barrel wouldn't turn

, first time I've ever had that.

cloggie · Post by **cloggie** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 8:14 pm

Yeah i can get the key in but the barrel doesnt turn

wil_scotland · Post by **wil_scotland** » Sun Dec 23, 2007 1:06 pm

I am also having the same problem most mornings. I can get my key to go in but it wont turn. I have tried loads of WD40. If anyone has found a solution feel free to share.

PS And no I dont have a garage before anyone suggests that.

BiggestNizzy · Post by **BiggestNizzy** » Sun Dec 23, 2007 1:16 pm

the easiest soloution is don't lock it, if someone really wants in they will get in easy enough and how many times have you been asked by passengers etc "how do you open/close the door" ?

dezzy · Post by **dezzy** » Sun Dec 23, 2007 1:27 pm

wil_scotland wrote:I am also having the same problem most mornings. I can get my key to go in but it wont turn. I have tried loads of WD40. If anyone has found a solution feel free to share.

Remote central locking

Y'all slag it the rest of the year but I'm sure even the S1 owners would appreciate it at this time of the year!

duggiesmith · Post by **duggiesmith** » Sun Dec 23, 2007 2:04 pm

...
...But I did get caught out with the old S2 (no central locking) a few times. I found holding a hot water bottle over the lock for a few minutes usually worked - it seemd to defrost the whole lock, not just the keyhole.
Good luck next time!

Corranga · Post by **Corranga** » Mon Dec 24, 2007 12:09 pm

duggiesmith wrote:I found holding a hot water bottle over the lock for a few minutes usually worked - it seemd to defrost the whole lock, not just the keyhole.

That's an amazing idea! I'll have to look out the hot water bottle.

Stephen · Post by **Stephen** » Wed Dec 26, 2007 7:22 pm

I have two pretty good solutions.
To defrost when frozen i get out the extension and use the wife's hair dryer that way you are not introducing any moisture and it defrosts the locks in jig time.

To prevent the locks freezing in the first place, on a warm day scoosh lots of white grease into them. it's essentially parafin wax so it's more solid than wd 40 and fills up all the gaps so does not allow any moisture to get into the lock.

Hope this wors for you guys

Stephen