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  • vidvicious
    Confirmed User
    • Oct 2002
    • 4765

    #1

    Northern peeps: Frozen car door

    Ice rain last night .. and today my car doors are completely frozen over .. what's worst is I don't have a scraper or broom .. any remedies ..


    will hot water do the trick ?
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  • junction
    Confirmed User
    • Dec 2002
    • 2411

    #2
    Don't use hot water.......if any of it hits the glass, it will shatter.

    If you don't have any weather tools handy, CAREFULLY use a butter knife along the door and chip away at the ice. I've even used a car key to chip it away once.

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    • Deej
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      • Jun 2005
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      #3
      extension cord and blow dryer

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      • IllTestYourGirls
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        • Feb 2007
        • 14311

        #4
        bump into your door to see if you can shake the ice loose. then open them and slam them.

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        • Agent 488
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          • Feb 2006
          • 22511

          #5
          i had to use a car key last year. heated it up with a lighter.

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          • Ross
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            • Sep 2002
            • 18874

            #6
            De-icer works a treat!

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            • Fresh
              • Mar 2005
              • 4920

              #7
              pee on it.


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              • baddog
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                • Apr 2001
                • 107089

                #8
                http://www.weather.com/outlook/trave...al/90504?GO=GO

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                • Trixxxia
                  Confirmed User
                  • Aug 2004
                  • 5600

                  #9
                  Originally posted by Deej
                  extension cord and blow dryer
                  Assuming you've tried all other doors first - I'd go for the blow dryer too.
                  The other thing is pouring windshield wiper fluid (with anti-freeze) around the corners of your door. Should 'soften up' the ice enough to open the door.

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                  • iMind
                    Confirmed User
                    • Nov 2007
                    • 937

                    #10
                    I've always used hot water with no problem

                    Hell, used to clean my windshield off with a pot of hot water EVERY morning before leaving for work, fuck scraping.

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                    • vidvicious
                      Confirmed User
                      • Oct 2002
                      • 4765

                      #11
                      LOLtryed bumpin it .. Tryed the key .. broke the ice along the seam .. seems to be stuck around the rubber ..

                      When I pull on the handle it doesn't budge .. Can't get an extention out to the car I'm at the far end of the lot ...
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                      • vidvicious
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                        • Oct 2002
                        • 4765

                        #12
                        One way or another looks like I'm cabbin it today! .. i gotta get to the store to buy anti frezze, de icer, broom ..etc

                        Grr! at least my winter tires are on .. I know some peeps that are stuck cus of no winter tires
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                        • stickyfingerz
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                          • Oct 2005
                          • 24984

                          #13
                          extension cord plus hair dryer. Or portable space heater.

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                          • abadfish
                            Confirmed User
                            • Jul 2003
                            • 1482

                            #14
                            I'd use the blowdryer before I started chiseling away at the paint on the car.
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                            • abadfish
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                              • Jul 2003
                              • 1482

                              #15
                              And if you use water it doesn't have to be that hot.
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                              • IllTestYourGirls
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                                • Feb 2007
                                • 14311

                                #16
                                Well wait to you realize once you get it open you cant close it because internally the latch is frozen as well lol. That has happened to me before it SUCKS!

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                                • scuba steve
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                                  • Oct 2008
                                  • 1888

                                  #17
                                  if all that fails, the next logical step is to move to warmer climate

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                                  • seeandsee
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                                    • JFK
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                                      • Jan 2002
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                                      #19
                                      I have used hot water in the past, just out of the tap, it works, just make sure you dont get it in the keyhole or u are fucked next time

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                                      • vidvicious
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                                        • Oct 2002
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                                        #20
                                        I got a car starter .. I ll let run for 15 minutes see if that helps
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                                        • Forest
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                                          • Aug 2001
                                          • 9135

                                          #21
                                          Originally posted by vidvicious
                                          Ice rain last night .. and today my car doors are completely frozen over .. what's worst is I don't have a scraper or broom .. any remedies ..


                                          will hot water do the trick ?
                                          leave the car behind and move to florida

                                          thats what i did when it happened to me

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                                          • Zebra
                                            Banned from Kimmy's couch
                                            • Oct 2001
                                            • 5091

                                            #22
                                            I just use normal lukewarm tap water. It is still 50 degrees above the temp of the ice, no need for 100 degree water. Done it a ton of times, even on a car with a chipped windshield and no shattering.
                                            Old School

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                                            • notime
                                              Confirmed User
                                              • Jun 2003
                                              • 8027

                                              #23
                                              de-ice spray. Always in my car and in my house too in case the door won't open.
                                              Had the same thing last year.

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                                              • Jake
                                                Confirmed User
                                                • Nov 2001
                                                • 3056

                                                #24
                                                Originally posted by vidvicious
                                                Ice rain last night .. and today my car doors are completely frozen over .. what's worst is I don't have a scraper or broom .. any remedies ..


                                                will hot water do the trick ?
                                                You could try having the car shipped down to Florida. The ice should melt off pretty fast once you get it there.

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                                                • Spunky
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                                                  • Jun 2002
                                                  • 133978

                                                  #25
                                                  I've used luke warm water for years without any problems at all

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                                                  • Marcus Aurelius
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                                                    • Apr 2003
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                                                    #26
                                                    Originally posted by seeandsee
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                                                    • pocketkangaroo
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                                                      • Jan 2005
                                                      • 8452

                                                      #27
                                                      Happens to my car all the time. I have to park on a street because I'm in the city so I can't use extension cords. I usually chip away with a screwdriver and keep pulling. Eventually it'll open.

                                                      Is your car a Chevy?

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                                                      • JakeR
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                                                        • May 2001
                                                        • 1760

                                                        #28
                                                        back in college we were leaving a bar and a friends door was frozen, so he pissed all over it. didnt work.
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                                                        • Barefootsies
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                                                          • Feb 2005
                                                          • 42635

                                                          #29
                                                          Originally posted by iMind
                                                          I've always used hot water with no problem

                                                          Hell, used to clean my windshield off with a pot of hot water EVERY morning before leaving for work, fuck scraping.
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                                                          • tony299
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                                                            • Aug 2002
                                                            • 57021

                                                            #30
                                                            move to where its warmer.

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                                                            • andy83
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                                                              • Jun 2005
                                                              • 1605

                                                              #31
                                                              move to thailand

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                                                              • tranza
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                                                                • Jun 2003
                                                                • 57559

                                                                #32
                                                                Come to Brazil then...
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