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| jimjamken Member Since: 01 Mar 2023 Location: Surrey Posts: 88  
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I have exactly the same problem and I store my charging cable in there! Perhaps a squirt of de-icer into the lock would help.
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23rd Jan 2025 1:05pm |
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| Chicken Drumstick Member Since: 17 Aug 2020 Location: Near MK Posts: 811
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Don't know if it will be anymore successful. But try WD40 or other water dispersal. You need to get the water out. This might do it on its own, but looking at the flag in your profile, I guess it does get cold where you are.
Once you get the water out, if the WD40 on its doesn't keep it ice free, then maybe try some spray grease or something to try and prevent water getting back in (or via condensation). Can't really think of any other options. |
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23rd Jan 2025 2:18pm |
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| custom90 Member Since: 21 Jan 2010 Location: South West, England. Posts: 20613
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Silicone grease will drive water out, and help keep it out, also is sticky for the lock mech which isn’t ideal though Chillin In The Backwoods🇬🇧🇺🇸
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23rd Jan 2025 2:32pm |
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| WizzardPrang Member Since: 05 Nov 2020 Location: Hertfordshire Posts: 163 
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Warm the key first with a cigarette lighter. That always works for me on padlocks, although I appreciate your cold is not the same as UK "cold". Current vehicle: 2020 Defender 110S
Gone: Defender 90 HT 200Tdi, Discovery Sport, Freelander 2 Insta: wizzardprang |
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23rd Jan 2025 10:14pm |
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| ardevd Member Since: 04 Mar 2024 Location: Norway Posts: 43 
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I have improved the situation a bit by trying to make sure the lock is completely dry and then applying some lock oil.
However, a problem that’s trickier to tackle is that anytime I wash the car, water will at the very least get into the outer parts of the lock, and then the cold eventually makes it hard to get the key inserted at all. It’s just a very flimsy lock and I doubt it’s been tested well in cold weather conditions. Poor design. |
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8th Feb 2025 8:23am |
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| lightning Member Since: 23 Apr 2009 Location: High Peak, Derbyshire Posts: 2948
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This always made me laugh with my old Defenders. The vehicle was designed for extreme conditions and was very good in these situations. Possibly the best.
But if it was freezing you wouldn't be able to get in, as the locks/door handles would freeze up and l've had to climb in through the rear door on many occasions. And then if you got the door open the lock wouldn't latch so you couldn't close it. The vehicle was generally so well designed for the job it was supposed to do (you'd only realise this when using one for it's intended purpose) You would think Land Rover would have fitted door handles/locks that didn't freeze up in extreme conditions. |
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8th Feb 2025 9:50am |
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| USCG23 Member Since: 14 Jan 2025 Location: Arizona Posts: 11 
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It doesn’t get cold in the UK. Come on now stop fibbing. That’s an urban legend. Norway I can see but not the UK. 23 LBW/Urban Defender X 20 Velar Autobiography |
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17th Feb 2025 7:40am |
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