When you want to go on weekends, there is no more annoying than a blocked trunk. And everyone knows, locksmithing is a super expensive area. Especially on a car, because if you have to change the trunk lock, you have to do it on all the other doors of the Hyundai Atos Prime. So before getting a quote from a locksmith, let's see if there are not less expensive methods of making repairs yourself. For this, we will go around the most common dysfunctions and what will be the potential solutions to this dysfunction.
The key no longer fits fully in the trunk lock of the Hyundai Atos Prime
The malfunction can result from various things. First is that your key is bent. If this is the case, it will be difficult to open the doors of the Hyundai Atos Prime. In this case, you should try to gently curve it. Otherwise, it is also possible that the lock is simply dirty. You must therefore grease the lock or insert anti-seize such as WD40. By dint of playing the key without forcing either, the lock should eventually activate. It is practically improbable that a solid element will infiltrate inside the lock of your trunk, unless an individual tried to force it.
The key turns in the lock, however the trunk of the Hyundai Atos Prime does not open
The first step is to infiltrate through a door and try to open the trunk from the inside. If there too nothing happens, then the lock of your Hyundai Atos Prime is certainly in bad condition. You can still put an anti-seize inside the mechanism, but honestly there is little likelihood that it will work. You unfortunately have only one solution, go see your locksmith.
The trunk lock of my Hyundai Atos Prime is completely blocked
You get to enter your key fully into the lock of the Hyundai Atos Prime, however impossible to rotate . In this situation, you must make a simple observation. If this is also the case for the doors, it is because the malfunction comes from the key, naturally. If on the other hand this is the case only for the trunk, it is of course the lock that gets stuck. Therefore, the first thing to do is to introduce WD40. This anti-seize is widely used in the automotive sector. In general, it resolves more dysfunctions than one might think. It is also possible that an element has been inserted in the lock and blocks its operation. In this situation, a locksmith will be able to help you. If none of this works, you will need to replace the lock ...