+1

i also used warm water once when i first started driving to "melt" the doors... boy that backfired badly h:

 

Shoulder slam the door

 

i used to do it all the time when i was in high school :chuckles:

 

this is happening to the girlfriend like every day now. if i'm there, i can get it open with a little tuggin' and shakin', no homo, but she can't do it at all until her car warms up forever.

just tell her to use her remote start a lot earlier than normally or do you think the silicon spray will work?

 

Borrow Nightshade's brick

 

or sell the cavalier h:

 

I'm pretty sure a good thick layer of vaseline would do the trick.

 

i've opened my trunk, climbed through and kicked the doors opened. and other time i jsut banged around the edges of my door until i could pull it open without feeling the handle break.

 

Jar of Crisco should do the trick...if not I have a brick for just such an occassion

Get a bucket of cold water from the tap and run it over the door frame, it will open easily after that. Warm water will shatter the window if you aren't careful so stay away from that no matter how much sense it may seem to make.

 

+1 for getting in through the passenger side door because the driver side door was stuck. happened this morning.

actually, the lock linkage was stuck. the passenger door was frozen too but pounding on the door freed it.

f- winter.