When my Octy estate is covered with ice in the morning and I try to open the rear doors, they both feel as if they have frozen up. It's not so much the initial opening stage , but rather where it gets to the "detents" on the hinges. It seems to happen at all these positions on both doors. The front doors are fine. I've looked at the hinges and the spring loaded detent arm, but they all look clean and good/

Has anyone else noticed this? Does it matter?

Had exactly the same problem this morning on my Scout. First time this year even though it was not that cold last night compared to others this winter. Had to really pull to get the door open as needed to get my 9 month old in the car seat. Again my hinges etc are spotless, but put some WD40 in and it now is fine, if anything now feels a bit loose :( , but maybe thats the WD40 and it will wear off after a bit (slightly worried that I pulled too hard this morning). It alsmost felt like someone had dinged the door there was so much resistance. I decided I was going to monitor it and if it continued then get my dealer to take a look.

Edited 30 January, 201016 yr by KayakJim

My octavia estate did the same a few weeks ago - during a very cold spell.

First time in 4 years - could have sworn the door was damaged.

When the weather warmed up the problem cleared.

pmc

Yep I have had this, the other week opened the door and then felt a strong resistance after it was open about 20cm's. I actually checked to see if the bodywork was catching, praying it was not a dint in the door or something!!

Oh well, it's good to know it's not just me. It did cross my mind that there might be something that holds water inside the doors that might have frozen up, and I suppose this might relate to the steaming up effect that others have noted, but the whole thing seems a bit unlikely.

I'm not certain that WD40 wouldn't wash away long term grease from the mechanisms. On my Discovery, which has a known rear door lock seizing up problem, I've used sprayable grease which seems to work pretty well. Unfortunately, the local pound shop seems to have sold out and failed to replenish this.

Its an old topic, I know.

However, I was wondering if anyone has a good solution for this? Or knows if pulling hard on the door will actually damage it? Passenger side rear door is acting up and its is very annoying. I can see a small drop of ice formed right under the opening for detent arm. So obviously there is water inside the "nest" for the arm. Any ideas how to fix it?

And yes, I have considered moving somewhere else than Sweden

If the hinge (and the retaining arm - the bit with the detents in it) is clean then here lies the problem.

It needs greasing, WD40 will offer a short term solution but really you need some proper grease on there.

Garages use white grease, but silicon grease works and looks less bad.

Gt85 works for a bit and less sticks to it too.

Had this problem on both the Octy and my works van (ford Connect). Doesn't bother me in the slightest. got Silicone grease on the Octy doors front and rear.

Alright, I will give it a go. Thanks!