When you want to go on weekends, there is nothing more annoying than an inaccessible safe. And everyone knows, locksmithing is a very expensive area. All the more on a car, 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 Mitsubishi L200 3. So before bringing in a locksmith, let's see if there is there are no cheaper procedures for making repairs yourself. For this, we will go around the most usual concerns and what can be the potential solutions to this problem.
The key no longer fits fully in the trunk lock of the Mitsubishi L200 3
There may be several reasons for the problem. First, is that your key is curved. In this case, you will have difficulty opening the doors of the Mitsubishi L200 3. You must then try to straighten it gently. Otherwise, it is also likely that the lock is simply dirty. It will then be necessary to grease the lock or apply anti-seize such as WD40. By dint of playing your key without forcing either, the lock will eventually activate. It is almost impossible for a resistant element to fit inside the trunk lock, unless someone has tried to force it.
The key turns in the lock, but the trunk of the Mitsubishi L200 3 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 Mitsubishi L200 3 is probably damaged. You can still put an anti-seize on the inside of the device, but honestly there is little chance that it will work. Unfortunately, you only have one solution, call a locksmith.
The trunk lock of my Mitsubishi L200 3 is completely blocked
You manage to enter your key entirely in the lock of the Mitsubishi L200 3, but impossible to rotate . In this situation, you will have to do very simple control. If this is also the case on the doors, then the problem stems from the key, of course. If however this is only the case on the trunk, it is of course the lock that gets stuck. In this case, the first thing to do is to insert WD40. This anti-seize is widely used in mechanics. In general, it resolves more concerns than one might think. It is also conceivable that an element 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…