elecious Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 Thought it may have been frozen but i dont think it is The door opened ok first thing this morning then when i came to close it it just bounced off the frame, i managed to get it to close in the end but now it wont open at all. I cant even hear the mechanism for the door latch. Has anybody else had this? It also happened a couple of days ago and then started working ok. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shuck Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 Thats happened to me once before. When I looked the window hadn't dropped like it normally does when you open the door. I put it down to that, but thinking back the locking mechanism maybe frozen. That would bemy first place to check. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 Can you open the door from the inside using the interior handle? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elecious Posted January 4, 2010 Author Share Posted January 4, 2010 Thats happened to me once before. When I looked the window hadn't dropped like it normally does when you open the door. I put it down to that, but thinking back the locking mechanism maybe frozen. That would bemy first place to check. Thats what i first thought because i managed to get the door working again last time by messing around with the lock (Turning it on and off etc), can i check the lock any other way or can i heat it up somewhere lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elecious Posted January 4, 2010 Author Share Posted January 4, 2010 Can you open the door from the inside using the interior handle? Nope, get nothing on either side, the mechnisim doesnt make any noise like the working passengers side does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 Could be a frozen lock, maybe spray some lock de-icer into the key hole and see if it frees it up. Failing that, could be the opening cable is loose somewhere in the door. Is the interior opening handle still resisting when you open it or is it loose? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elecious Posted January 4, 2010 Author Share Posted January 4, 2010 Could be a frozen lock, maybe spray some lock de-icer into the key hole and see if it frees it up. Failing that, could be the opening cable is loose somewhere in the door. Is the interior opening handle still resisting when you open it or is it loose? Will try the deicer. thats not going to damage the lock or anything is it? The interior handle is loose, its not stuck or anything, it just doesnt seem to be activating the opeing mechnisim but otherwise it is working, same with the outer handle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boycey Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 I had the same problem last night in -3C , I could open the pass door so I climbed over to the drivers door, and unlocked it from the inside using the little grey switch on the handle itself, After that it was fine, Dont even bother trying to lower your windows when iced up, will only damage the window mech Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goatboy Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 I had exactly the same thing when mine froze up a couple of weeks ago. Handles didn't seem to do anything on either door. Lots of deicer, swearing and scraping and the passenger door eventually opened... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elecious Posted January 4, 2010 Author Share Posted January 4, 2010 I had exactly the same thing when mine froze up a couple of weeks ago. Handles didn't seem to do anything on either door.Lots of deicer, swearing and scraping and the passenger door eventually opened... where were you using the deicer? On the door lock itself on the outside as mentioned above? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narcotix Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 I had a problem with my windows this morning ... when I opened the door they didn't go down as usual ... I'm guessing that's due to the extremely cold weather and ice ... Tried to use the window about 15 minutes later and nothing ... wouldn't budge ... so I just left it for another hour after which it returned back to normal ... Could just be due to the freezing conditions ... It already jammed my CD Player ... which has mysteriously started working again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elecious Posted January 4, 2010 Author Share Posted January 4, 2010 its working now Didnt even do anything in the end, just opened straight away Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goatboy Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 Frozen then I reckon. I lubed everything I could get to on the door (I took the door card off too but that doesn't help much) to try and displace any water in the locks. Give it a go and see if it does it again... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
350zStephen Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 It has rarely went higher than -5 degrees in central Scotland for the past few weeks, and i've never had a problem with my windows dropping, or doors opening. I must just be lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wookiee22 Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 I've had this happen a couple of times, it's pretty cold over here in Germany. It always seems to be the driver's door rather than the passenger's. Normally takes about 10 minustes worth of running the car and liberal use of deicer to get it free. The comedy normally comes from trying to get into the driver's seat through the passenger's door. Not all that easy for the larger gentleman! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goatboy Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 I've had this happen a couple of times, it's pretty cold over here in Germany. It always seems to be the driver's door rather than the passenger's. Normally takes about 10 minustes worth of running the car and liberal use of deicer to get it free. The comedy normally comes from trying to get into the driver's seat through the passenger's door. Not all that easy for the larger gentleman! I had that too! thought it would be easy to slide over but that transmission tunnel is begger than it looks! Not elegant at all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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