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I live in Indianapolis, IN. My driver's side door lock froze after car iced up on 12-05-10. Next night I went out start car and power door lock's would not unlock on sedan. Since it's driver's side door. No door lock's would open. You can hear door locking and try unlock. But would not unlock. I also could not get door to unlock manually with car key. I went to autozone & got some victor high pressure de-icer lubricant. Shot it in keyhole and after using entire cannister. I was able to get key to turn and power window's opened. I started car from passenger side. After warming up; door on driver's side finally unlocked. Power door's were operating efficiently. After doing some errand's I parked car (live in apt; car under a carport). Power door unlocking fine. I lubricated latch with silicone. Several hour's later I went back out to car and power door lock's once again would not open. Shot a lil more victor in keyhole and door unlocked manually easily. Once starting car driver's side door hinge not lifting or working with other door lock's from inside power door opener switch on armrest. After car has warmed up the door lock starts working again. Soo basically it get's working. Then sit's in cold; won't work again. I had a tear in my inside door weather strip. So I took car to dealer had strip replaced. Talking service guy I explained problem. He applied some lubricant to door lock. Thought maybe some moisture, frost in door refreezing. Didn't recommend replacing anything. Said if problem continue's bring it back in. As it is suppose to warm up into high 30's later this week. So I have been leaving driver's side door unlocked out of fear of it not working. When I get in car and check power door lock's. They all 3 work except the driver's side. After driving, warming car up and rechecking. The driver's side door lock start's working again. It is sticking when car cold. Working fine from inside and remote. It;s just not opening after it sit's in cold. I saw a previous question on a 97 car door that would not unlock with suggestion of removing door panel and lubricating with wd-40 and then lubricating oil all door mechanism's. Is this what I need to do? If so how easy/hard is it to remove door panel? Should I just take it back to dealer and insist they do this? Thank's for any reply's. -----------------------------------------------Tim In Indy
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It sounds like icing is the consistent issue here, although I'm baffled that the concern happens again so quickly and with no resolution from your efforts. Probably the fact is that you have not been able to lubricate the part that actually freezes. I would recommend the shop pull the door panel and inspect further, lubing everything. You can do it yourself, but run the risk of door panel damage on removal if you have never done it before.