When you want to go on weekends, there is nothing more annoying than an inaccessible safe. And everyone knows, the locksmith is something super expensive. Especially on a car, because if it is necessary to replace the lock of the trunk, you will have to do it on each of the other doors of the Opel Astravan. So before getting a quote from a locksmith, let's see if there are not less expensive methods of doing repairs yourself. For this, we will take a tour of the most frequent concerns and what can be the potential solutions to this concern.
The key no longer fits fully in the boot lock of the Opel Astravan
The concern can come from several things. The first is that your key is bent. In this case, you will have difficulty opening the doors of your Opel Astravan. In this case, you should try to delicately curl it. Otherwise, it is also likely that the lock is simply dirty. It will then be necessary to grease the lock or insert anti-seize like WD40. By dint of turning the key without too much force, the lock must end up working. It is almost unlikely that a resistant element will get inside the lock of your trunk, unless someone has tried to force it.
The key turns in the lock, however the boot of the Opel Astravan 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 Astravan is probably damaged. You can still apply an anti-seize on the inside of the device, but unfortunately it is unlikely to work. Unfortunately, you have only one solution, call your locksmith.
The lock on the trunk of my Opel Astravan is completely blocked
You can enter your key fully into the lock of the Opel Astravan, however 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 concern comes from the key, naturally. If on the other hand it is the case only for the trunk, it is naturally the lock which blocks. In this situation, the first step is to introduce WD40. This anti-seize is strongly applied in the automotive sector. Often it solves more worries than one can imagine. It is also conceivable that an element has entered the lock and prevents its proper functioning. In this situation, only a locksmith can repair it. Last solution, change the lock…