I have a 97 tiburon fx and everytime it gets under 40 degrees my locks is hard to get open and sometime impossible my drivers sidefreezes alot more. Alot of the time when I get in through the pass. side I still can't get lift up on the lock. Any help? Please I'm going to end up braking my key and no one around here will cut my blanks!

 

i've had the same problem. head over to your nearest autozone and pick up some Lock De-Icer. the stuff i have is made by Victor. it works awesome

 

Yeah, I've used that stuff too. Does a very nice job.

 

yup the lock deicer would be the obvious fix. you ever think of keyless entry? makes it so you dont have to fumble around wit your keys.

 

De-icer
Then when you was your car, most places have an air hose. Take that and blow out all the water from the key hole as well as where the door latches to the body

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (KayJai)</div><div class='quotemain'>De-icer
Then when you was your car, most places have an air hose. Take that and blow out all the water from the key hole as well as where the door latches to the body</div>

or you just move in with redz during the winter. lucky bastards

 

I have used a lighter to heat up my key before. Works great when you don't have anything else.

 

lol?
get down on your knees and blow hot air into the lock. do this for awhile, it'll work.

 

before i bought the de-icer... one day all my locks were frozen. the hatch wasn't, but it was frozen shut. i microwaved a cup of water for a couple minutes, went outside, dipped my key in it for a second and that also did the trick... after that i definately needed the de-icer

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Sparticus)</div><div class='quotemain'>after that i definately needed the de-icer</div>

Yeah, cuz now you've introduced more water into your lock cylinders laugh.gif:
I wouldn't suggest the dipping into water thing,...
I've seen it happen SOOOOOOOOO many times, where a customer has dropped their keys into the snow and then used it RIGHT away into their key cylinder to open their doors, and then a few cycles of warm and cold, and bang! Frozen locks
Some I've seen with broken keys and lock cylinders

Get some de-icer, but that key chain thing that heats up and you stick it into your cylinders to melt the ice works good too. But get the air hose and blow the crap out.