How to open a car door if it is frozen
How to open a car door if it is frozen
With the onset of severe frosts,harder not only to pedestrians, but also to car owners. Too cold weather can prevent you from getting behind the wheel of your car - and all because of the frozen door. Nevertheless, this problem can be solved if one knows several reliable methods.
You will need
- - the wooden lever;
- - lighter;
- - A plastic bottle or bag.
Instructions
1
First check the rest of the doors. Even if the driver can not be opened, there is a chance that at least one of the passenger doors has suffered from the cold not too much and will succumb without much effort. Once in the interior, turn on the stove and wait for a few minutes until the machine warms up and the doors return to their normal working state.
2
Try to open the frozen door, with forcepulling it. If you do not have enough of your hands, use the lever - for this, for example, any strong enough wooden bar that will be able to be pushed between the door and the body. This method can bear fruit, but it is associated with a high probability of damaging the door or any of its elements. Therefore, you should use this method only if you do not have too much time, and you need to get behind the wheel as soon as possible. In addition, use the power method to the door that you use less often, so that in case of damage, the need for repair is not too acute.
3
Try to warm up the castle, because the problem canit is in it, and not in the door itself and the rubber gaskets that have been frozen to the body. The easiest way to use a lighter: bring it to the lock and hold it for a few minutes. To increase the efficiency of the method, it is possible to heat up this way not only the lock, but also the key. After that, you can try to open the door. It is important not to overdo the effort, otherwise the lock may become unusable.
4
If after heating the lighter does not open the dooropen, test the method with hot water. It should be typed in a small plastic bottle or even in a regular plastic bag. The container with water is applied to the lock as tightly as possible so that it begins to give off heat faster. This method can take more time than the previous one, however its advantages can be called not only that it effectively warms the lock, but also its safety for the surface of the car body.
