Shit, my locks are frozen.

[yozsi]

Well i go out to mess around with the 325 and i find out that my drivers side door wont turn. well its 0 degrees out so yea. the passengers door only locks so im screwed. the trunk lock works but thats useless. i run into the house and grab wd40 and spray the lock down, i was able to get it to lock but not turn the other way. what can i do???

[DEV0 E30]

What's your high for tommorrow? Worse case wait.. or break a window?

[yozsi]

What's your high for tommorrow? Worse case wait.. or break a window?

the high for tommorow is 8-10 degrees. can i get in through the trunk?

[yozsi]

oh, how about sending voltage into the lock actuator for the trunk? will that operate the other acuators also?

[browntown]

hair dryer on LOW, lock deicer, or the tried and true favorite, take a bic and heat up your key (wear gloves).
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Bad things: Hot Water, wd-40 is bad for paint be careful, forcing it.

[yozsi]

hair dryer on LOW, lock deicer, or the tried and true favorite, take a bic and heat up your key (wear gloves).
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Bad things: Hot Water, wd-40 is bad for paint be careful, forcing it.

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well it actually seems that the cylinder turns its that something else is frozen.

[Hatchman]

dozen beat the flat I got a month ago when it was like -10 and my lugnuts were frozen solid, took 5 mins awitha blowtourch per nut to get them off

[Jand3rson]

dozen beat the flat I got a month ago when it was like -10 and my lugnuts were frozen solid, took 5 mins awitha blowtourch per nut to get them off

Are you drunk?

[optimusp517]

Are you drunk?

:giggle::giggle:

[Schniddy]

heat up the key?

[King Luis]

a zip lock bag with hot water.....hold it around the whole lock area...everything inside will head and melt within a minute or so. worked for me in -15c weather (not including windchill).
then go get some white lithium grease and spray it on all the hinges and inside the door locks.

[88325isboy]

Heat the car up and let the inside of the car warm up and that should get it done.

[Jon325i]

heat up the key?

This actually works but sometimes more than one 'heating' is required. Be careful of how long you hold a flame to it....especially its an all metal key which is contacting your fingers!!! I ran into a similar issue with frozen locks a few winters back when skiing up at Lake Tahoe and a snow storm caught me be surprise. Two or three heatings of the key with a borrowed lighter got me into the car.

Jon

[Ryan Stewart]

Ive done the heating up the key thing. It has even helped when its not ice on the outside, like when the keyless wont open it. Then once I get the car thawed its fine.

[yozsi]

well, nothing worked and its 3:15am and the wind chill is down to -30 its def not opening. oh well, anyway into the car via trunk?