When you want to go on vacation, there is nothing more unpleasant than a blocked safe. And everyone knows, locksmithing is a super expensive area. Particularly on a vehicle, because if it is necessary to change the lock of the trunk, you will have to do it on all the other doors of the Opel Monza. So before bringing in a locksmith, we will see if there are not cheaper procedures for making repairs yourself. For this, we will go around the most usual problems and what will be the possible solutions to this dysfunction.
The key no longer fits fully in the boot lock of the Opel Monza
The malfunction can come from several reasons. Firstly, your key is bent. If so, you'd be hard pressed to open the doors of your Opel Monza. In this case, you should try to smooth it out. Otherwise, it is also likely that the lock is simply dirty. In this case, you must grease the lock or insert anti-seize like WD40. By dint of turning your key without forcing too much, the lock will eventually work. It is almost impossible for a strong component to fit inside the trunk lock, unless someone has tried to force it.
The key turns in the lock, but the boot of the Opel Monza 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 Opel Monza is probably in bad shape. You can still put an anti-seize drug inside the system, but honestly there is little likelihood that it will work. Unfortunately, that leaves you with a single solution, call a locksmith.
The lock on the trunk of my Opel Monza is completely blocked
You get to enter your key completely into the lock of the Opel Monza, but impossible to rotate . In this case, you will have to make a simple observation. If this is also the case on the doors, it is because the malfunction came from the key, of course. If on the other hand this is only the case on the trunk, it is of course the lock that blocks. In this situation, the first thing to do is to put WD40. This anti-seize is the most used in mechanics. Generally it solves more problems than you might think. It is also conceivable that a component has entered the lock and blocks its operation. In this case, a locksmith can help you. If none of this works, you will need to change your lock…