Defender doors frozen

[douglasgdmw]

Just wondering whether anyone has a solution to our 2014 Defender freezing up in low temperatures?

We live at 1000ft and with the low freezing temperatures/snow in Scotland every time we have tried to go into the Defender in the morning the central locking locks, unlocks and locks again. I am presuming its because the latches cannot disengage?

Also the door seals can freeze which means the dogs have to go in via whichever front door we can get to open.

Any suggestions on locking problem or stopping door seals from freezing to the body?

George

Edited by douglasgdmw on Saturday 16th January 15:46

[CoolHands]

Silicon lubricant on door seals. Don't know about central locking

http://www.screwfix.com/p/floplast-silicone-spray-...

Or large can of similar

http://www.toolstation.com/shop/Automotive/d60/Lub...

[camel_landy]

Hahaha... Yes, they all do that sir.

M

[Lefty]

We're not as high as you (about 600ft) but both my Landie and Elise do this.

Warm water on the locks quickly does the trick. Silicone on the seals.

-7.5C here just now, bring it on!

[SimesJH]

Silicone grease sprayed into the door locks and mechanisms works well as that'll prevent water ingress freezing the things inoperable. It's been highly effective on my 110 for many years.

Do not use WD40 as that's a water dispersant and not a true lubricant and it'll dry out your locks.

The best door seal stuff I've ever used is called Gummi Pflege. You should be able to get this via Amazon easily enough. It's specifically developed for softening rubber seals and won't rub off on your clothes.

[GetCarter]

Probably of no use, but I also live in the NW Highlands (but at no altitude), and find that any cars left outside suffer MUCH less with door /windscreen freeze if parked under tree canopies. If you have any big trees about.

[douglasgdmw]

camel_landy said:

Hahaha... Yes, they all do that sir.

M

My previous previous 88 Defender was not too bad but probably due to the fact that the door seals probably didn't touch the door and central locking was a luxury back in the 80's

[douglasgdmw]

GetCarter said:

Probably of no use, but I also live in the NW Highlands (but at no altitude), and find that any cars left outside suffer MUCH less with door /windscreen freeze if parked under tree canopies. If you have any big trees about.

Good point, at the weekend I parked between the ours/neighbours steading and seemend to make a bit of a difference.

[douglasgdmw]

SimesJH said:

The best door seal stuff I've ever used is called Gummi Pflege. You should be able to get this via Amazon easily enough. It's specifically developed for softening rubber seals and won't rub off on your clothes.

Had a look on Amazon so will order this up