When you want to go on vacation, there is nothing more annoying than an inaccessible safe. And everyone knows, locksmithing is a super expensive area. Especially on a vehicle, because if it is necessary to change the trunk lock, it must be done on all the other doors of the Opel Rekord. So before bringing in a locksmith, let's see if there aren't cheaper methods of doing repairs yourself. For this, we will take a tour of the most common dysfunctions and what will be the potential solutions to this concern.
The key no longer fits fully in the boot lock of the Opel Rekord
The concern can come from various reasons. The first is that your key is bent. In this case, you will hardly open the doors of your Opel Rekord. You will then have to try to gently bend it. Otherwise, it is also possible that the lock is simply cluttered. It will therefore be necessary to grease the lock or apply anti-seize such as WD40. By dint of turning your key without forcing too much, the lock should eventually activate. It is almost impossible for a solid component to fit inside the lock of your trunk, unless someone has tried to force it.
The key turns in the lock, but the boot of the Opel Rekord does not open
The first thing to do is to infiltrate through a door and try to open the trunk from the inside. If nothing happens there too, then the lock of your Opel Rekord is probably damaged. You can still apply an anti-seize inside the mechanism, but honestly there is little chance that it will work. Unfortunately, you only have one solution, go see a locksmith.
The lock on the trunk of my Opel Rekord is completely blocked
You can enter your key completely into the lock of the Opel Rekord, but impossible to rotate . In this situation you have to do very simple control. If this is also the case for the doors, it is because the concern comes from the key, obviously. If however this is only the case for the trunk, it is naturally the lock that gets stuck. In this situation, the first thing to do is to insert WD40. This anti-seize is the most used in mechanics. Usually it solves more dysfunctions than you might think. It is also conceivable that a component has entered the lock and blocks its operation. In this situation, only a locksmith will be able to help you. Last solution, change your lock…