When you want to go on weekends, there is nothing more annoying than an inaccessible safe. And everyone knows, the locksmith is something extremely expensive. Especially on a car, because if it is necessary to replace the lock of the trunk, you must do it on all the other doors of the Toyota Uuv. So before getting a quote from a locksmith, we will see if there are not cheaper solutions by performing repairs yourself. For this, we will take a tour of the most common concerns and what can be the potential solutions to this problem.
The key no longer fits fully in the trunk lock of the Toyota Uuv
There may be several reasons for the problem. First is that your key is bent. If so, you'd be hard pressed to open the doors of the Toyota Uuv. In this case, you will have to test to smooth it out. Otherwise, it is also likely that the lock is simply cluttered. You must then anoint the lock or insert anti-seize like WD40. By dint of playing your key without forcing either, the lock should eventually activate. It is almost impossible for a resistant element to fit inside the trunk lock, unless an individual has tried to force it.
The key turns in the lock, however the trunk of the Toyota Uuv 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 Toyota Uuv is probably in bad shape. You can still insert an anti-seize inside the mechanism, but unfortunately it is not very likely that it will work. Unfortunately, that leaves you with a single solution, call your locksmith.
The trunk lock of my Toyota Uuv is completely blocked
You get to enter your key fully into the Toyota Uuv lock, however impossible to rotate . In this situation, you need to do very simple control. If this is also the case on the doors, then the problem stems from the key, obviously. If however this is only the case on the trunk, it is of course the lock that gets stuck. In this situation, the first step is to introduce WD40. This anti-seize is the most used in mechanics. Often it solves more worries than one can imagine. It is also possible that an element has entered the lock and prevents its proper functioning. In this situation, a locksmith can fix it for you. Last solution, change your lock…