Frozen doors

[Michael L. Riebs]

> This little experiment leads me to believe that the latching mechanism
> is becoming frozen. Since this has never happened in the 5 years I've
> owned the car, I have to assume that water is now getting into places
> where it shouldn't.
>
> Has anyone had this situation and also had it remedied? Is this a
> simple coating issue, whereby I could spray a little graphite or deicer
> somewhere?

Perhaps remove the inside door panels, and find the linkage and cable that
operates the latch, and give it a good lube job with some thick grease. That
should prevent the moisture from getting on the linkage / cables, and
subsequently the freezing problem.

Michael Riebs
Grand Rapids, MI
'90 V8Q
'98 A6QA