I have no key fob, so there’s no problem there. The cylinder on the drivers door makes a noise similar to trying to turn a spring inside a tube, while rotating it in its reverse direction. The door lock makes this sound in either direction. I have tried to squirt lubricant inside the lock, and some around the bezel on the door handle. It is still sticking and making a noise.

 

Anyone seen this before, and fixed it?

Hello Mr RS, what lubricant did you squirt into the lock cylinder? The only lubricant that should ever be used in locks is fine powdered graphite.  

I tried lithium grease, then followed it by some  Innotec penetrating fluid, which will have washed the grease through. It’s not the end of the world though, as I can wash it through tomorrow, dry it out and put some graphite in. Though the graphite is used more for the Yale type cylinder locks which have sliders that have a weak spring to make them return to the key when it is pushed in. The Skoda and similar locks seem to have a more positive registering system, and given the number of spray lubricants available for car door locks I doubt there will be a problem

 

I think these locks use similar type pins in the cylinder though - just aligned differently.