[V8] Door lock de-icing system not functioning.

[Tony and Lillie]

Gunter, you only have to hold up on the door handle for a second or so, and 
then the heater operates for about 30 seconds. And, to second Steve's 
comment, the next thing is to pull the door panel and check voltages.

Tony Hoffman

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gunter Lorberg" <glforensic at yahoo.com>
To: <v8 at audifans.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 10:24 PM
Subject: [V8] Door lock de-icing system not functioning.


> Anyone have any experience with the door lock de-icing system?
>
> After some prolonged wet and above freezing weather, things quickly cooled 
> down and I could no longer turn the door cylinder locks open without 
> repeatedly heating up the key with a barcecue lighter to warm things up. 
> This was despite the use of gobs of lock de-icing fluid AND pulling up on 
> the door handles for > 30 seconds to activate the heater as per the 
> owner's manual.
>
> Does anyone know of a quick way to check the functioning of this system?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Gunter
> Toronto
> (2) 1990 Canadian V8's with slushbox trannies
>
>
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