When you want to go on weekends, there is no more annoying 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 change the lock of the trunk, you must do it on all the other doors of the hyundai atos. So before getting a quote from a locksmith, let's see if there are not less expensive procedures by carrying out repairs by yourself. For this, we will go around the most regular dysfunctions and what can be the potential solutions to this dysfunction.
The key no longer fits fully in the trunk lock of the hyundai atos
The malfunction can result from several things. First, is that your key is curved. If so, you'd be hard pressed to open the doors of your hyundai atos. You will then have to try to gently curl it. Otherwise, it is also possible that the lock is simply cluttered. In this case, you will have to oil the lock or apply anti-seize oil such as WD40. By dint of turning the key without forcing either, the lock must end up working. It is almost unlikely that a resistant component will get inside the lock of your trunk, unless someone tried to force it.
The key turns in the lock, however the trunk of the hyundai atos does not open
The first thing to do 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 hyundai atos is probably in bad condition. You can still put an anti-seize inside the mechanism, but honestly there is little chance that it will work. Unfortunately, that leaves you with a unique solution: go see a locksmith.
The trunk lock of my hyundai atos is completely blocked
You manage to insert your key completely into the lock of the hyundai atos, however impossible to rotate . In this case, you need to do very simple control. If this is also the case on the doors, it is because the malfunction came from the key, of course. If however this is only the case on the trunk, it is of course the lock that gets stuck. In this case, the first thing to do is to put WD40. This anti-seize is the most used in the automotive sector. Often it solves more dysfunctions than one might think. It is also conceivable that a component has entered the lock and prevents its operation. In this case, only a locksmith can repair it. Last solution, change the lock…