jwalther

I very gently tried to open my door this morning after a night of freezing rain and snow. The handle broke free, but did not open the door. I made it in through the back door, and got the driver's door open from the inside, but then the door would not close. I let the car warm for a while, and now the door will close, but the outside handle only partially releases the door. The inside handle functions properly. Any idea what I've done?

Jeff

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Always Overcharged

handle once then wait for about 30 seconds and the lock will thaw.
this should create enough heat to free surrounding parts.
The down side is you have to stand in the cold waiting.
Many will be unaware of this function in their cars.

ryoung

Which cars have the heated door locks?

Zaphod A8

My theory is that ice gets on the parts inside and makes the spring return (or other bits) jam up. I have found that pulling the handle and letting it snap back often allows me to close the door right away.

Always Overcharged

can show if set to recognise your vin

Always Overcharged

pulling handle once activates the function if under certain temp

HZach

All cars with Cold package

ryoung

For that model year,

PPX: "Premium Package" option (which I don't have) includes the ski sack and sun shades.

Q1A: "Heated Front Seats" option (which I do have)

Am I lucky ... or not?

bac2h

All Audis?? All A8's?? what about A6 with cold weather pkg?