[marielle.flottat]

Hi! I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions to an issue I am having in the cold weather. I have a 1999 4-door VWGolf with keyless entry. Here is my problem:
-when it gets cold I can't open the driver side and passenger side door using keyless entry.
- I can open the driver side door using my key (by actually putting the key into the key hole, very old school!)
- the signal appears to be getting to the car because 1. i can hear it, and 2. the alarm system is shut off (the little red light stopped blinking)
- my guess is that the keyless entry is not providing enough "power" to unlock the door, and this only happens in the cold.
- This happened once last year during the winter.
- This has been happening to me everyday the last week or so in the cold.
any tips or suggestions on how I can fix this problem (within a reasonable budget of course!) would be much appreciated!!
Its hard to get friends to come out skiing with you when they have to crawl through your car just to get a seat!!
Thanks!

 

[Dan J Reed]

Re: Frozen Door Lock! (marielle.flottat)

Lock is frozen.

 

[eurovw95]

Re: Frozen Door Lock! (Dan J Reed)

frozen lock.. try some WD-40, graphite lubricant, lock deicer, ect..

 

[Harpoon]

Re: Frozen Door Lock! (eurovw95)

Try silicone spray.

 

[DeathLens]

Re: Frozen Door Lock! (VDUBber91)

Have the same problem. I used lock deicer, but my driver side door has been frozen for two days now. http://****************.com/smile/emthdown.gif Im going to dump a bucket of boiling water on it.

 

[eurovw95]

Re: Frozen Door Lock! (DeathLens)

Quote, originally posted by DeathLens »

Have the same problem. I used lock deicer, but my driver side door has been frozen for two days now. http://****************.com/smile/emthdown.gif Im going to dump a bucket of boiling water on it.

that would probably be a bad idea.. the idea is to get the water out of the lock not put more in../ it will freeze even worse..

 

[vwishndaetr]

Re: Frozen Door Lock! (eurovw95)

Quote, originally posted by eurovw95 »

frozen lock.. try some WD-40, graphite lubricant, lock deicer, ect..

Quote, originally posted by eurovw95 »

frozen lock.. try some WD-40, graphite lubricant, lock deicer, ect..

Quote, originally posted by eurovw95 »

frozen lock.. try some WD-40, graphite lubricant, lock deicer, ect..

Quote, originally posted by eurovw95 »

frozen lock.. try some WD-40, graphite lubricant, lock deicer, ect..

Quote, originally posted by eurovw95 »

frozen lock.. try some WD-40, graphite lubricant, lock deicer, ect..

 

[0320thGTI]

Re: Frozen Door Lock! (vwishndaetr)

When did putting the key in the key lock become oldschool....

 

[vap3r]

carry a lighter on u.. or dont lock your car... heat up your key with the lighter and stick it in the lock, leave for like 10 seconds and turn the key... always works for me

 

[corneliusvr6]

Re: Frozen Door Lock! (marielle.flottat)

i got the same problem, ^^^ lighter trick works every time http://****************.com/smile/emthup.gif . im going to spray some WD-40 in them right now.

 

[JettaX7]

Re: Frozen Door Lock! (eurovw95)

i had it happen to me once, never though about the light deal though! and when it happened and i went through two cans of deicer i got a bucket of hot water and poured it all over the door too. it wasn't just the lock that was frozen, it was the entire door toolol. it worked though

 

[DeathLens]

Re: (vap3r)

Quote, originally posted by vap3r »

carry a lighter on u.. or dont lock your car... heat up your key with the lighter and stick it in the lock, leave for like 10 seconds and turn the key... always works for me

Just did it, worked swimmingly.

 

[Dan J Reed]

Re: (DeathLens)

Better yet, add lock spray lube to your locks *before* they freeze - and then break!

 

[Das Borgen]

Re: Frozen Door Lock! (0320thGTI)

I squirt PB BLASTER into my locks, give it 5mn. The petroleum in there just eats away at the ice

 

[mkIIIVDUB]

Re: (vap3r)

Quote, originally posted by vap3r »

carry a lighter on u.. or dont lock your car... heat up your key with the lighter and stick it in the lock, leave for like 10 seconds and turn the key... always works for me

haha i thought i was the only person with the dont lock your door idea... i just dont keep anything in my car and dont lock it... a theif can get in and sit in it if he wants as long as hes gone when i get back... my locks never freeze like this

 

[beatmilk]

Re: (mkIIIVDUB)

Walmart sells lock de-icer in a small bottle. it's basicly rubbing alcohol.

 

[Barthez]

Re: (beatmilk)

my lock freezes sometimes but just recentrly i discovered that my doors can freeze too

 

[beatmilk]

Re: (Barthez)

Putting white lithium grease on the door seals will help to prevent the doors from freezing shut.

 

[botkiller]

Mine does this. The handle just sticks, and won't pop the door when it's very cold. Use some WD40 or Pb blaster, don't use the cheap lock de icer that you get at wally world, it generally does nothing. WD 40 is always a good be, as that's exactly what it's made for.