When you want to go on weekends, there is nothing more annoying than an inaccessible safe. And everyone knows, locksmithing is a super expensive area. Especially on a car, because if you have to replace the trunk lock, you will have to do it on all the other doors of the Opel Astra 3 Twintop. So before bringing in a locksmith, we will see if there are not cheaper solutions by making repairs yourself. For this, we will take a tour of the most common dysfunctions and what will be the possible solutions to this problem.lock-lock-problem-Opel-Astra-3-Twintop

The key no longer fits fully in the boot lock of the Opel Astra 3 Twintop

There may be several reasons for the problem. The first is that your key is bent. If so, you'd be hard pressed to open the doors of your Opel Astra 3 Twintop. In this case, you should try to straighten it gently. Otherwise, it is also conceivable that the lock is only congested. It will therefore be necessary to grease the lock or apply anti-seize like WD40. By dint of turning your key without forcing too much, the lock will eventually work. It is almost impossible for a resistant component to fit into the lock of your safe, unless someone has tried to force it.

The key turns in the lock, but the boot of the Opel Astra 3 Twintop 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 Astra 3 Twintop is probably in bad condition. You can still put an anti-seize inside the system, but honestly there is little chance that it will work. Unfortunately, you only have one solution, go see a locksmith.

The trunk lock of my Opel Astra 3 Twintop is completely blocked

You can enter your key fully into the lock of the Opel Astra 3 Twintop, but impossible to rotate . In this situation, you will have to make a simple observation. If this is also the case for the doors, it is because the problem comes from the key, of course. If however this is only the case for the trunk, it is of course the lock that gets stuck. In this case, the first thing to do is to introduce WD40. This anti-seize is the most used in mechanics. In general it solves more dysfunctions than one might think. It is also possible that a component has entered the lock and prevents its proper functioning. In this situation, a locksmith will be able to help you. Last solution, change your lock…