How to open a frozen car
Do It Yourself Educational Program / / December 19, 2019
If the mechanism of the lock and the door seals tightly froze, do not panic. Here are proven ways to quickly get to a salon and useful tips to help avoid future problems.
Even residents of the regions with not the most severe winters sometimes can not open the machine. This stems from the temperature differences: accumulated during thaw the moisture freezes, firmly prihvatyvaya mechanisms of locks and door seals. Typically, this happens when we are in a hurry.
How to open the frozen lock
On equipped with a burglar alarm auto lock can be opened using the key fob. However, at low temperatures, it often lasts battery and it becomes useless. Then you have to open the door with the key. And then there are three ways.
Be sure to check all the doors, and not just the driver's. In hatchbacks and SUVs can also be accessed through the trunk.
Method 1. crumble
If the lock froze slightly and you were able to insert the key into the hole, try to crush the frost inside, turning the key from side to side. Be careful not to apply excessive force. Overdo it - and ice jams have added the remains of a broken key.
If the driver's door does not give in, try to do the procedure on the passenger.
Method 2. Gray
If you turn the key in the lock does not come out, you can try to break the ice. The most simple - a lighter to heat the key itself.
More effective option - to insert a thin metal object lock and heat have it, transferring heat to the inside of the mechanism. As the conductor is suitable for hairpin, a piece of wire or unbent ring of keys. If there are any other machines, try to warm up with a hot lock cigarette lighter.
What not to do is pour hot water: in the cold it immediately cools and freezes, further exacerbating the problem.
Other harmful advice - to blow through the keyhole. Warmth of your breath will still not be enough to break the ice, but the condensation immediately freeze. Moreover, through negligence can generally stick to lock lips.
Method 3. defrost
Correct to use special spray defrosting, the so-called liquid key. A small balloon only need to attach the lock and press on the spray a couple of times. The liquid alcohol-based melt ice, and part of the lubricant will prevent corrosion and protects against subsequent freezing.
If the hand is liquid there is no key, but there are a pharmacy, you can buy alcohol and syringe and injected to make the castle: the effect is the same.
But pshikat in WD-40 lock and other fluids on the basis of kerosene is not necessary. They are of little help against the ice, but it will wash away with the entire lubrication mechanism.
How to open the door primorzshuyu
Open the lock - it is only half the battle, because to get into the car, still need to open the door. Due to the large area it is, or rather the rubber seals, froze to the body much stronger.
In no case should not be struggling to pull the handle: the door is unlikely to budge, but the handle can fall off. Primorzshuyu to open the door, you need to obstuchal her fist around the perimeter and ponazhimat on it. So you somnote compactor, ice on it crumble and release the door from captivity.
You can also try to shake the car from side to side.
At the hatchback and wagon, try several times abruptly shut the trunk, if you can open it, of course. The air flow will push the door from the inside.
How to open a frozen window
Special needs do not have to open the window, unless you are not going to wipe the mirrors directly from the cabin. However, so as not to inadvertently spoil mechanisms windows, better in any case do not try to lower the icy glass before the interior warms up.
When the ice melts, the windows can be opened and also handle silicone grease where adjacent seal.
And it is not necessary to clean the mirror scraper: it leaves scratches and can damage the anti-reflective coating.
If your car is not equipped with electrically heated mirrors, try to clear them from the ice with warm air. When the machine warms up, direct a stream of air through the open window of the heater,
How not to freeze the machine
- Wipe dry with the door seals and treat them with silicone grease or spray.
- Before you put the car into the parking lot, allow it to cool. Ventilate cabin, opening all the doors and the trunk so that the moisture has evaporated or froze.
- Be sure to treat all of the locks vlagoottalkivayuschey grease based on silicone.
- At constant freezing of locks dry them well, putting the car in a warm garage or underground parking. The machine warms up, and then all the moisture evaporates.
- When you leave the car for the night, remove the snow from the top and bottom of the door.
- And do not forget to throw the newspapers on the floor. They absorb the melted snow, the humidity in the cabin decreases.
- Always make sure that after wash car properly dried. Washerman must blow compressed air sealing glass, the wiper blade, the washer nozzle and locks, door handles, and flap tank capacity.
And what you get in the frozen car in winter? Share your tips in the comments!