Sticking door button

[Notsofastfrank]

So I unlock the car this morning, parked overnight under carport, and the driver's door button is frozen solid. Go round to passenger side, nearer house, and it opens but sticks down. I can now get in the car but can't shut the passenger door. Lovely wife not very impressed having to drive me to the station at silly o'clock.
Anyone had a similar problem (with door buttons, not wife) or any solution?
My Chim is a '96 with the earlier buttons to the rear of the door.

[miniman]

The ones with a key hole, or the flat topped ones? If the former, I used to keep the key turned in the lock whilst pressing the button so I could then effectively pull it back out with the key. Silicone spray helped a little but never really got it to stop sticking.

[Notsofastfrank]

The flat top ones, no keyhole.

[kevin63]

I used to have this, I either sat on the button to warm it up or after the first winter I used to spray some silicon lube on the button every now and again. Worked for me.

[Notsofastfrank]

Thanks guys, I'll try some silicon spray.

[John042]

Hi, can't you buy some soft plastic covers for these door buttons? Seem to remember a post about covers to stop moisture entering the mechanism. Cheers John042

[spend]

My version is that when you vaseline the door & hood seals, you just put a little on the seal round the button. Silicone spray (for rubber) the window runners and up at the underside of the door button from the access flap.

[tvr trev]

I had this problem a little squirt of wd40 every now and then works wonders.

[rigga]

tvr trev said:

I had this problem a little squirt of wd40 every now and then works wonders.

^^^^^ This,use a moisture dispersant like WD40,no moisture no freezing.

[Chris Smith]

Push the button down (when it's not frozen) and, whilst holding down, run a really thin smear of vaseline around the inside of the button guide surround.

[Notsofastfrank]

The buttons both work now it isn't quite as cold (it was -5 the night they froze up).
I've now given both a squirt of WD40 and smeared vaseline around the cylinders as well, so hopefully that will solve the problem.
Thanks for the advice.

[paulskel]

Hi there,


I have a friend who has same problem, he put a piece of velcro above the button and had a flap of leather over it so the frost could not get in, seemed to work