Locked out of Car 
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Gold Member Username: Volfenhagking1600SSD Wangin, Shawano, Wis... USA Post Number: 1104 Registered: Oct-06 | ok so i just went out to my car and my doors are frozen shut...has this ever happened to you and how can i get my doors opened? Thanks  |
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Gold Member Username: Nd4spd18Northwest PA Post Number: 4845 Registered: Jul-06 | I live in northern PA near the NY border, in the snow belt....... this happens all the time. Can you pull your door handle? If not chip away the ice from above/under the handle so you can pull it. Then get some de-icer fluid and spray it in the door jambs around the weather seal. Or sometimes you can just pull real hard and break it loose. Don't break your door handle though. |
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Silver Member Username: Nickyp0219Post Number: 244 Registered: Jun-06 | I dont know how to get your doors open now, but for the future, use food grade silicone and put it on the rubber seal around your door, itll prevent it from freezing in the winter. |
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Gold Member Username: Nd4spd18Northwest PA Post Number: 4847 Registered: Jul-06 | http://www.partsamerica.com/ProductDetail.aspx?MfrCode=PST&MfrPartNumber=AS242&C ategoryCode=2104 |
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Gold Member Username: Volfenhagking1600SSD Wangin, Shawano, Wis... USA Post Number: 1105 Registered: Oct-06 | thanks...yea it happens up here all the time too. but yesterday it was raining and 40 degrees. so i didnt think anything of it then i wake up this morning and its snowing and 40 mph wind gusts and iced everything lol |
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Silver Member Username: CblazeRock island, Tenesssee Us Post Number: 997 Registered: Sep-07 | i know how to unfreeze the lock and door handle.get a big glass of very hot water from your sink,steaming hot and pour it on the door handle thats what we have always done when it was frozen shut |
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Gold Member Username: Nd4spd18Northwest PA Post Number: 4852 Registered: Jul-06 | ^^^^^ real funny |
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Gold Member Username: CblazeRock island, Tenesssee Us Post Number: 1003 Registered: Sep-07 | it works ms |
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Gold Member Username: Nd4spd18Northwest PA Post Number: 4854 Registered: Jul-06 | I hear thats good way to de-ice windows too |
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Gold Member Username: CblazeRock island, Tenesssee Us Post Number: 1004 Registered: Sep-07 | idk i never tried that,it would prolly freeze back,but it works for your doors |
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Gold Member Username: CarguyPost Number: 6915 Registered: Nov-04 | If you're going to pour hot water on the car, make sure you do it SLOWLY. If not you will crack the windows. |
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Gold Member Username: CblazeRock island, Tenesssee Us Post Number: 1014 Registered: Sep-07 | couldnt u just use your defrost and a ice scraper to clear the windowshield off,its bad on a car to not let it warm up anyways |
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Gold Member Username: CarguyPost Number: 6919 Registered: Nov-04 | If a rain freezes all over the car, it'll take hours before it melts it. As an alternative, you can use a hair dryer to melt frozen keylocks/holes on the door. |
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Gold Member Username: Volfenhagking1600SSD Wangin, Shawano, Wis... USA Post Number: 1106 Registered: Oct-06 | yea but when you cant get into your car how you supposeed to start it chris.. btw i poured windshield wiper fluid over the doors and they came loose |
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Gold Member Username: CblazeRock island, Tenesssee Us Post Number: 1029 Registered: Sep-07 | put the key in and turn it |
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Gold Member Username: CarguyPost Number: 6920 Registered: Nov-04 | Chris you sound like you never had a ice storm. When it happens, there's almost 1" thick of ice all over your car. You can't even get in the car. Pouring hot water SLOWLY worked for me. However, a hot air blower/hair dryer works as well. |
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Gold Member Username: CblazeRock island, Tenesssee Us Post Number: 1030 Registered: Sep-07 | oh ice storm your in that i didnt pay attention,ive been in one b4,nobody went anywhere,everythang was covered in ice no electricity for a month |
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Silver Member Username: SomedonniedudeIllinois United States Post Number: 596 Registered: May-07 | I usually just p1ss on my windshield... and my door handles  |
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Silver Member Username: MarcoooPost Number: 157 Registered: Mar-07 | The same thing happened to me down in Appleton Jamie. I just pulled real hard lol |
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