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Well im frustrated as owt with this one.
My central locking works fine with the remote however the key will not turn any of the door or boot locks. I know that the key & locks are original & have not been changed as my mate bought the car new & then sold it to me 10 years later, V reg 406 HDi.

I recently took battery out of fob to replace it whilst the car was locked (very silly of me i know) & had to break into car to get doors open again as the key would not turn the locks.

Is it possible that the locks have simply seized up after years of not being manually turned? & does anyone have any idea how i can free them as i have tried the usual WD40 without success?

Thanks a lot folks for any advice you can offer.

Glenn. Sunderland.

They may have seized up, that antitheft device on the locks can be a right pain in the neck!
It may be worth heating up the key with a lighter and working it in the lock, I've had luck with that & WD40.

lol just make sure not to use WD40 and a lighter at the same time.

It does make a great flamethrower though

Btw is this locks going round and round or not moving at all?

lol, I wondered who'd come up with that!

steve_earwig wrote:Btw is this locks going round and round or not moving at all?

What is it when they spin round then?

I've had them where they didn't turn, and used wd40 to free them up before, but lately the drivers lock has started spinning and takes a few attempts to get it to work

steve_earwig wrote:It does make a great flamethrower though

Btw is this locks going round and round or not moving at all?

Steve, its stuck solid mate, i know wot you mean by spinning around however these locks are absolutely solid & wont turn at all?

Must be corroded solid, you could try leaving them for 6 months soaking in WD but I think you really need to have them out

Just a thought, did you upset any of your neighbours recently?

Haha......you know Steve i hadnt thought of that.....i do have some dodgy neighbors but car is kept in garage so don't think they will have had a chance to get the old glue out. Im gonna take boot lock out today & see wot i can do with it, will keep you posted thanx mate.

still cant get them to move..........sick as owt.

Anyone got any ideas how i can free these locks please?

Not really I'm afraid, apart from having them out. If they're not even spinning then there must be something drastic going on. You could soak them in WD and leave them for a month but I doubt even that would do it

Mine spin on both sides, and the boot feels like a different lock, i.e. doesn’t turn at all! WD 40 made no difference at all, unfortunately neither did anything else I tried. Fortunately the remote central locking still works and thus the situation is not desperate or immediate. Recently the key lost both its buttons and protective covers and that caused the micro switch to break off the small circuit board inside the key. It was obviously not designed to be pushed with a finger, pen, key or anything else my wife could find to insert in the hole! So I have had to re-solder the micro switch and turn a small brass “top hat” button to fit and hey presto it works again. The main stealer wanted close to £200 just for a new key so my home brew solution was necessary!

im going to try & get hold of either a door or boot lock that comes with a key, then at least when my remote wont work i will still be able to open the car. Im realy fed up with this now. Does anyone have a spare lock & key for sale?????????????

Try lifting the key gently upwards when in the lock - Always seems to work for me!