Sounds obvious, but have you squirted wd40 in the lock? Sounds like a lube issue, maybe take the door panel off and lube the mechanism.
My Honda Jazz is in amazing condition for its age - it has only one fault in that the drivers door lock doesn't work. It was a bit tempremental at first but has got worse over the past few weeks and now the key wont turn at all.
This is not that big a deal as all the other locks are OK and operate the central locking but as everything else is good I would like to get this repaired.
Before heading off to a main dealer I thought that I would try an auto locksmith.
Having never used one of these before, what is the collective wisdom on using one of these as opposed to a main dealer?
Also, does anyone know of a good one in the London/Surrey//North Sussex/Berkshire areas?
A Google search came up with a number but the first two I couldn't get through to and haven't responded to my messages, the third that I spoke to this morning said that he wouldn't be prepared to take this job on (his website said that they could deal with all makes, all locks!)
Any ideas / comments?
Sounds obvious, but have you squirted wd40 in the lock? Sounds like a lube issue, maybe take the door panel off and lube the mechanism.
Cheers..
Jase
Have you tried a bit of silicon grease in the mechanism?
Worked on our front door dead lock
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re: WD40, squirt plenty to wash out any debris and then follow with a spay with better lubrication.
Wd40 and if that eases the lock I’d use some dry graphite powder as lube.
Edit: I suspect that a main dealer will only be interested in selling you a new lock and key meaning you have two keys to manage
Last edited by Captain Morgan; 13th November 2019 at 17:22.
I would second lube unless the key is very worn which you will be able to tell by looking at it
Same here (WD40) i do it periodically on my locks works a treat. Dont forget we've had a lot of rain lately , will be getting damp in there !!
Thanks
Not sure I want to attempt this myself - and Boltons quite a distance away.
Anyone know of somewhere in the SE?
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I managed to contact a couple of locksmith who said that they would replace the lock. However they both quoted prices that were significantly more than a Honda main dealer.
So its booked in with a Honda main dealer for next week.
An interesting experience sorting this out especially the calls to locksmiths
Thanks once again for all of the replies.
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