When you want to go on weekends, there is nothing more unpleasant than a blocked trunk. And everyone knows, the locksmith is something very expensive. Especially on a vehicle, because if it is necessary to replace the trunk lock, it must be done on all the other doors of the Opel Vivaro Tour. So before getting a quote from a locksmith, we will see if there are not cheaper procedures for doing repairs by yourself. For this, we will go around the most common concerns and what will be the possible solutions to this dysfunction.
The key no longer fits fully in the boot lock of the Opel Vivaro Tour
The malfunction can result from several reasons. The first is that your key is curved. If so, you'd be hard pressed to open the doors of the Opel Vivaro Tour. You will then have to try to gently curl it. Otherwise, it is also conceivable that the lock is simply stupidly dirty. You must therefore grease the lock or insert anti-seize such as WD40. By dint of playing your key without forcing either, the lock should end up working. It is almost impossible for a solid element to get inside the trunk lock, unless an individual has tried to force it.
The key turns in the lock, but the trunk of the Opel Vivaro Tour 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 Vivaro Tour is probably in bad shape. You can still put an anti-seize inside the system, but honestly there is little likelihood that it will work. Unfortunately, that leaves you only one solution, go see a locksmith.
The trunk lock of my Opel Vivaro Tour is completely blocked
You get to enter your key completely into the lock of the Opel Vivaro Tour, but impossible to rotate . In this case, you have to do a very simple check. If this is also the case for the doors, then the malfunction must come from the key, of course. If however this is not the case only for the trunk, it is of course the lock that jams. In this situation, the first thing to do is to insert WD40. This anti-seize is the most applied in mechanics. Generally it solves more concerns than you might think. It is also possible that an element has entered the lock and is blocking its operation. In this case, only a locksmith can repair it. If none of this works, you will need to replace your lock…