de-icing

[Guy]

crikey... spent about 10 minutes trying to get into the car this morning

frost wasn't particularly strong but I couldn't get the key into the lock at first and the de-icer was in the boot... then once i had managed to persuade the key into the lock the door seals were frozen so much that I couldn't open the door... every other door opened ok. I tried from the inside. I did the auto-open with the windows and tried pulling on the door (I didn't want to pull the handle off).... all to no avail..  eventually after a good 10 minutes it finally gave...

any solutions to this.. anything I can treat the rubber seals with as I guess this is what is freezing, anything I can treat the lock with too as not being able to get a key in is a PITA 

[Len]

A good dose of WD40 in the lock?
Door seals, how about washing up liquid? have to watch clothes though, getting in and out.
Or wipe with screen wash?

[Horney]

Good old vasaline on the door seals works a treat. Door locks you can use WD or 3in1.

I need to do this as this morning I had to climb int he car through the boot!

nick

[babyvw]

wow i wish i read this earlier i also had to climb though my boot to get in the car ive never had a car freeze up so bad, i had ice on side on everywindow it was so cold!! gonna go wd40 my locks as climbing through my boot at 5 in morning in hard blinking work!!