When you want to go on weekends, there is nothing more unpleasant than a blocked trunk. And everyone knows, the locksmith is something extremely expensive. All the more so on an automobile, because if it is necessary to replace the lock of the trunk, you will have to do it on all the other doors of the Citroen Mehari. So before getting a quote from a locksmith, we will see if there are less expensive methods of doing repairs by yourself. For this, we will take a tour of the most common problems and what will be the potential solutions to this dysfunction.problem-lock-trunk-Citroen-Mehari

The key no longer fits fully into the lock of the Citroen Mehari's trunk

The malfunction can be caused by various reasons. First is that your key is bent. If so, you'd be hard pressed to open the doors of the Citroen Mehari. In this case, you should try to smooth it out. Otherwise, it is also conceivable that the lock is simply stupidly dirty. In this case you must anoint the lock or insert anti-seize like WD40. By dint of playing the key without forcing too much, the lock will eventually activate. It is practically improbable that a resistant element gets inside the lock of your trunk, unless an individual tried to force it.

The key turns in the lock, however the trunk of the Citroen Mehari does not open

The first step is to enter through a door and try to open the trunk from the inside. If there too nothing happens, then the lock of your Citroen Mehari is probably in bad condition. You can still put an anti-seize on the inside of the device, but unfortunately there is little chance that it will work. Unfortunately, that leaves you with a unique solution: go see a locksmith.

The lock on the trunk of my Citroen Mehari is completely blocked

You manage to enter your key fully into the lock of the Citroen Mehari, however impossible to rotate . In this case, you will have to do very simple control. If this is also the case for the doors, it is because the malfunction stems from the key, of course. If on the other hand it is not the case only for the trunk, it is obviously the lock which blocks. So the first thing to do is put on WD40. This anti-seize is widely used in the automotive sector. Generally it solves more problems than you can imagine. It is also conceivable that an element has entered the lock and prevents its operation. In this case, a locksmith can fix it for you. If none of this works, you will have to change the lock…