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brycem · Dec 19th, 2002, 04:35 AM

Has anyone experienced difficulties with door opening in the current cold snap?

A friend tried to get out of the passenger side of my car last night when the car was locked. The first opening of the handle took off the deadlocks as normal but the second opening did not open the door. I had to get out of the car and open the door from outside. It seemed stiff - could it be that the mechanism was frozen?

brycem · Dec 19th, 2002, 07:51 AM

This thread should be in faults and fixes can the moderator please move it.

Dom · Dec 19th, 2002, 09:13 AM

Same happened to me this morning - the window didn't want to move down to make it easier...

moved to faults and fixes for better exposure

Dom

pdubyab · Dec 22nd, 2002, 04:52 AM

If a door window is frosted over, it may not drop as it should when you open the door. It then won't clear the gutter trim. Same thing used to happen on my 3-series coupe. A squirt of de-icer along the bottom edge of the window before attempting to open the door should help.

PWB

Dec 19th, 2002, 04:35 AM	#1
brycem MINI2 Regular Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Edinburgh Local Time: 02:48 AM Posts: 74 Offline	Door Opening Has anyone experienced difficulties with door opening in the current cold snap? A friend tried to get out of the passenger side of my car last night when the car was locked. The first opening of the handle took off the deadlocks as normal but the second opening did not open the door. I had to get out of the car and open the door from outside. It seemed stiff - could it be that the mechanism was frozen?

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Dec 19th, 2002, 07:51 AM	#2 (permalink)
brycem MINI2 Regular Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Edinburgh Local Time: 02:48 AM Posts: 74 Offline	This thread should be in faults and fixes can the moderator please move it.

Dec 19th, 2002, 09:13 AM	#3 (permalink)
Dom Test thread infiltrator Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Swindon Local Time: 03:48 AM Posts: 8,543 Offline	Same happened to me this morning - the window didn't want to move down to make it easier... moved to faults and fixes for better exposure Dom

Dec 22nd, 2002, 04:52 AM	#4 (permalink)
pdubyab MINI2 Regular Join Date: Apr 2002 Local Time: 03:48 AM Posts: 189 Offline	If a door window is frosted over, it may not drop as it should when you open the door. It then won't clear the gutter trim. Same thing used to happen on my 3-series coupe. A squirt of de-icer along the bottom edge of the window before attempting to open the door should help. PWB

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