Polo Locking v wierd help please

[saintrowd]

Hi,

First post so be gentle please

I have a 2001 polo 5 doors, Recently when I unlock the car using the fob the central locking mechanism operates and all of the doors unlock.

With the recent cold weather I have been starting the car and returning indoors for a couiple of minutes. When I return to the car after a few minutes the drivers door will not open. The internal button is still in the unlocked "up" position and all of the other doors are open. Even when I try to open the drivers door from the inside it just siply will not open.

Then by some miracle the door will eventually release but it would appear to follow no logic as to why. The result is that I am not driving the car as I cannot be certain that the door would open should the unthinkable happen.

Any help would be most welcome

Edited by saintrowd on Friday 8th January 14:45

[Seez]

Are you sure the doors arent freezing? When the car is defrosting sometimes water can get around the seals and freeze, this wouldnt have been a problem when the car is initially opened, but on returning you could find all the doors frozen until it has warmed up a bit more.

Unusual for all doors to get stuck this way, is the car parked in the open?

[saintrowd]

Thanks for the reply,

The car is parked outside and the freezing thing is something I had thought of and pouring some hot water over the door has led to the door being able to open but i dont think it is the seals. Also all of the other doors open without any problems, the first time it happened, the door opened fine and then after returning to it after a few minutes it wouldnt open.