When you want to go on vacation, there is nothing more annoying than a blocked safe. And everyone knows, locksmithing is a very expensive area. Especially on an automobile, because if it is necessary to replace the trunk lock, you will have to do it on each of the other doors of the Mitsubishi Outlander. So before getting a quote from a locksmith, we will see if there are less expensive methods of doing repairs by yourself. For this, we will go around the most regular concerns and what are the possible solutions to this dysfunction.
The key no longer fits fully in the trunk lock of the Mitsubishi Outlander
The malfunction can come from various reasons. Firstly, your key is bent. If this is the case, you will have difficulty opening the doors of your Mitsubishi Outlander. In this case, you can test to smooth it out. Otherwise, it is also possible that the lock is just crowded. In this case, it will be necessary to grease the lock or apply anti-seize such as WD40. By dint of playing the key without forcing either, the lock will eventually activate. It is practically improbable that a solid component gets inside the lock of your trunk, unless an individual tried to force it.
The key turns in the lock, but the trunk of the Mitsubishi Outlander 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 Mitsubishi Outlander is probably damaged. You can still put an anti-seize inside the mechanism, but honestly there is little chance that it will work. Unfortunately, you have only one solution, call your locksmith.
The trunk lock of my Mitsubishi Outlander is completely blocked
You manage to insert your key completely into the lock of the Mitsubishi Outlander, but impossible to rotate . In this situation, you will have to do very simple control. If this is also the case on the doors, it is because the malfunction came from the key, obviously. If on the other hand this is only the case on the trunk, it is of course the lock that blocks. So the first thing to do is put on WD40. This anti-seize is widely used in mechanics. Often it solves more concerns than one might think. It is also conceivable that a component has been inserted into the lock and blocks its operation. In this situation, a locksmith can fix it for you. If none of this works, you will have to change the lock…