How to open a locked car door

An unpleasant situation, you will agree. You, out of habit, calmly approach your car to go on business, to an important meeting, or even go on a long journey, and the central lock does not respond to the key fob signal and does not let you inside. Or they left the car in the parking lot near the store, closed the door with a key, and when you return, you cannot open it - the lock is stuck and does not lend itself. It is even worse if small children or pets are left in the cabin. Then you need to act quickly, but carefully, as experienced specialists in the emergency opening of cars do. In such a case, put a business card of one of these services on your driver's license, and let it never come in handy. As a samurai proverb says: “If a sword saves your life one day, carry it forever.”

Causes of blocking car doors

All causes of blockage can be divided into two categories: mechanical and electrical. Only knowing the cause, you can correctly choose the direction of further action.

Mechanical reasons:

wear of the door lock cylinder or parts of the opening mechanism;
breakage of the cable inside the door;
damage to the lock as a result of a burglary attempt;
key deformation;
contamination or corrosion of the lock;
freezing of the lock larvae (a common cause in winter).

Electrical reasons:

the battery is discharged;
local wire break;
“sat down” key fob battery;
system failure of the central locking electronics;
radio interference at the frequency of the “signaling”.

It is not always possible to immediately establish why the door does not open. Therefore, it is better to proceed with caution, starting from the simplest and most gentle methods, gradually moving to more radical ones.

Gradual Approach

If the reason for the blocking is obvious, and you understand that you can’t do it on your own, then immediately contact the professionals for opening cars. This will save a lot of time, and sometimes money, because many self-opening methods cause damage to the body paintwork at least. There is another important point - where the blocking occurred. If in the yard of a house or a garage, this is one thing, but if in the middle of a forest? It is foolish in such a situation to advise taking a spare key or replacing the battery in the key fob.

In the city, there are many more options for solving this problem: try to open the car yourself, call a tow truck and take the car to the service station, call the emergency opening service.

The car does not respond at all to pressing the opening button, alarm not working. It's most likely a dead battery. Often this happens in winter, when a weak battery “does not hold” a charge, or after a long downtime in the garage, or if there was no current from the generator and you drove on the battery for some time. In this situation, a third-party charge source (external battery) and good knowledge of your car can help. By removing the lower protection, you can access the starter. Connect the positive terminal (+) of the external battery to the plus of the starter (red wire), the negative terminal to the minus (black wire) or to ground (any place on the case cleaned of paint). After that, try again to open the machine.
The central lock works, but the door does not open. Possible breakage of the lock opening rod. Without the help of a master who will carefully open the door, one cannot do here. You can resort to forceful methods: enter the cabin through the trunk or bend the door.
If there are signs of forced entry on the lock, before proceeding with the opening, call a police officer to fix the damage, and then try to open the door.

Service station or car opening service, which is better?

If the whole problem is in the door lock, it is better to choose emergency autopsy service. Firstly, the car still needs to be delivered to the service station, and these are additional costs. Secondly, the service station masters will open the car, but the integrity of the painting and body parts is not guaranteed, which they honestly warn about in advance. Therefore, a specialist in opening locks is the best option. Masters of the company “Opening locks. Moscow” will be near your car within 15 minutes after the received call in any district of Moscow and the Moscow region, regardless of the weather and time of day. They open without damage cars of any make and year of manufacture: door, trunk, hood, gas tank, car safe. If necessary, they will replace the locks, unlock the immobilizer, recharge the battery, pump up the tires. Order the service on the official website of the company https://вскрытие-замков.москва/vskryt-avtomobil or by calling +7 (495) 255-50-30.

Video review of the opening of the car by the company opening-zamkov.moscow