When you want to go on vacation, there is nothing more unpleasant than a blocked safe. And everyone knows, the locksmith is something extremely expensive. Especially on a car, because if you have to replace the trunk lock, you will have to do it on all the other doors of the Jeep Renegade. So before getting a quote from a locksmith, let's see if there are any cheaper methods of doing repairs on your own. For that, we will go around the most frequent dysfunctions and what are the possible solutions to this dysfunction.
The key no longer fits fully in the trunk lock of the Jeep Renegade
The malfunction can come from various reasons. The first is that your key is curved. If this is the case, you will struggle to open the doors of the Jeep Renegade. In this case, you can test to delicately curl it. Otherwise, it is also possible that the lock is simply cluttered. You must therefore oil the lock or insert anti-seize such as WD40. By dint of playing the key without forcing too much, the lock should eventually activate. It is practically unlikely that a resistant element will fit inside the lock of your trunk, unless someone has tried to force it.
The key turns in the lock, however the trunk of the Jeep Renegade 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 Jeep Renegade is probably in bad condition. You can still put an anti-seize drug inside the system, but unfortunately it's unlikely to work. Unfortunately, that leaves you with a single solution, call a locksmith.
The trunk lock of my Jeep Renegade is completely blocked
You can insert your key fully into the Jeep Renegade lock, however impossible to rotate . In this situation, you will have 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 obviously the lock that blocks. So the first step is to introduce WD40. This anti-seize is widely used in mechanics. In general, it resolves more dysfunctions than one might think. It is also possible that an element has been inserted into the lock and is blocking its proper functioning. In this situation, a locksmith can help you. If none of this works, you will have to change the lock…