Door lock jammed.

lathbury · 30th November 2019, 07:59

This morning my car was frozen and the drivers door would not click shut, I messed about with a screwdriver to try to release the latch and reset it. I moved the latch up into the locked position and now I can't release it so the door won't close. Any ideas please?. Thanks, John.

Arctic · 30th November 2019, 08:53

Yes you need to wait for it to thaw out, you could use an hot hair drier to warm up the latch, or pour an hot kettle of water over the lock/latch also push a screw driver into the latch so it acts as the door body catch, see if that helps

lathbury · 30th November 2019, 09:13

Thanks for the reply, I took the door card off and pushed and pulled everything in the door by the lock and it released,, I don't know what I did, but I won't mess with the locks again. I'm too cold to put the door card back on, a job for tomorrow methinks. Thanks again, John.

Lord of Hog · 2nd December 2019, 10:48

Liberal application of a bit of white lithium grease to the catch mechanism cured mine of this annoying habit.

lathbury · 2nd December 2019, 10:51

That's a good idea, I will do this after I manage to get the card back on, I can't get the clips off the door to refit on to the card. Thanks, John.

30th November 2019, 07:59	#1
lathbury Posted a thing or two 75 Conn S.E. Cdt. Join Date: May 2007 Location: Merseyside Posts: 1,803 Thanks: 1,873 Thanked 52 Times in 49 Posts	Door lock jammed. This morning my car was frozen and the drivers door would not click shut, I messed about with a screwdriver to try to release the latch and reset it. I moved the latch up into the locked position and now I can't release it so the door won't close. Any ideas please?. Thanks, John.

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30th November 2019, 09:13	#3
lathbury Posted a thing or two 75 Conn S.E. Cdt. Join Date: May 2007 Location: Merseyside Posts: 1,803 Thanks: 1,873 Thanked 52 Times in 49 Posts	Thanks for the reply, I took the door card off and pushed and pulled everything in the door by the lock and it released,, I don't know what I did, but I won't mess with the locks again. I'm too cold to put the door card back on, a job for tomorrow methinks. Thanks again, John.

2nd December 2019, 10:51	#5
lathbury Posted a thing or two 75 Conn S.E. Cdt. Join Date: May 2007 Location: Merseyside Posts: 1,803 Thanks: 1,873 Thanked 52 Times in 49 Posts	That's a good idea, I will do this after I manage to get the card back on, I can't get the clips off the door to refit on to the card. Thanks, John.