Frozen doors? There is an answer - how to open the car door if it is frozen

The question of how to open the car door can arise in two cases: when the keys are left inside or when the doors are frozen in the car. These troubles, although not fatal, still make you nervous and can ruin your plans, and in some cases the vehicle itself.

Most often, this happens at the most inopportune moment, for example, when you are late for work, a meeting, a train station, etc. Opening a frozen car door is not so easy because an experienced driver is well aware of the possible consequences of such an unpleasant phenomenon , for example, a door can be opened by force, but this will not go unnoticed for the door itself, its lock and rubber seals. Today I bring to your attention several effective proven ways to open the car door if it is frozen.

So, let's say your doors are frozen and you don't know what to do.

1. The first way to unlock the "frosty central lock" is a trick! As a rule, not all doors grab the same, some of them in any case will be more pliable. So do not hang your nose, but rather check how things are with the rest of the doors. Do not forget that the trunk, no matter how, is also a kind of door, sometimes with its help it is possible to open the car door , which has frozen. Through the trunk, you can climb into the cabin, turn on the enhanced interior heating and - voila, after some 20 minutes the door will thaw and let you in or out. It is not necessary to wait for complete defrosting, if you are in a hurry, the most important thing is to get inside, and everything else is a matter of time, while you go to a meeting and work, the door will unlock itself.

2. The second way to open the car door , when the doors froze - chemistry. With the help of modern technology, scientists have managed to create a mixture that solves the problem of frozen doors, it is called - "liquid key" or anti-icing lubricant, if scientifically. Opening a frozen door to this method is perhaps the easiest, unless of course you have this very “liquid key” ... One of the most common mistakes motorists make is that they store this very anti-icing lubricant in the glove compartment ... It’s almost that the same as slamming the door and leaving the key inside the car. In winter, a bottle with a “liquid key” should be at your fingertips (in a purse, pocket, garage, anywhere but inside the car), it would be even better if you have several bottles, then you can leave one in the car, and another house, then you don’t have to puzzle over what to do if the car doors are frozen ...

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3. The third way is simple and primitive. This method is the only thing that can be done if you don’t have a “liquid key” at hand, all the doors are hopelessly frozen, and you only have keys and smoking devices (lighter, matches, etc.) from improvised means. As you may have guessed, we are talking about heating the key through direct fire. To those who decide that it is necessary to heat with a lighter, I answer - no, heat it up, and not much, you need the key itself. The ignition key should not be held on fire for a long time, 5-10 seconds (depending on the type of key itself), the principle is this: heat it up then quickly install it in the keyhole, wait 1-2 minutes, try to turn it, if it doesn’t help, repeat the procedure. As a rule, already in 3-4 such attempts it is possible to open the car door.

Attention! Be careful not to melt the plastic case of the key or the chip with the microcircuit if you have .

An ordinary female hair dryer can be a great helper in this matter. Direct a stream of moderately hot air into the frozen well.

Attention! In no case do not try to melt the ice with water, pouring boiling water over the doors! This is a bad idea, of course it will help to solve the question, but it will add new problems to you, for example, after you open the door, the hot drops will cool down and block the lock again, only this time it will not be frost or condensate, but real ice! In addition, the laws of physics should also be taken into account, each of us knows what happens to a cold body that is splashed with boiling water ... The same thing happens with the paintwork, microcracks appear on it, through which moisture penetrates from the outside and when interacting with the body, it forms foci of corrosion. Learn how to take care of your paintwork.

It happens that it is not the door lock that freezes, but the doors themselves, that is, after washing or rain, moisture gets on the seal and after the temperature drops, usually at night, the doors freeze to death to the doorway. The solution to this issue is very similar to the previous ones and requires similar methods of struggle.

1. First of all, you need to carefully clean the ice crust around the door, if any, while you need to be extremely careful, careless scraping can remove not only the crust, but also your paintwork.
2. Knock on the perimeter of the door with your hand, the crust on the seal will crack from impacts and the frozen door will open. Open gradually so as not to damage the rubber seal.
3. Use an anti-freeze (I also recently wrote about that ...) It contains additives that effectively fight ice, process the doorway with it, after a while you will be able to open the car door.
4. Use a hair dryer. As with the lock, a hair dryer can help you solve the problem by blowing hot, warm air onto the frozen areas. Do not overdo it so as not to damage the paint with excessive heat.

Prevention is always better than cure!

Timely implementation of preventive measures will allow you to avoid the above troubles. In your arsenal must be:

1. De-icing agents for the treatment of doors, seals, hinges and keyholes.
2. Low temperature resistant silicone grease.
3. Before leaving the car to spend the night, do not be lazy, remove all snow from its roof, as well as water, if any, this will minimize the likelihood of door freezing and all the ensuing consequences.
4. After a winter wash, it is quite easy to remove the ice from the seal, for this it is enough to open all the doors for a few minutes in the cold and let the moisture turn into ice. After that, it is enough to slam the door several times in order for the ice to crack and crumble. After that, he can safely close the doors and go home.

That’s all for me, thanks for your attention, I hope the article was useful for you and you won’t have a problem with it if, God forbid, it froze.