Van Sliding Door Frozen Shut
Plummeting temperatures cause windscreens to freeze over and can potentially freeze your doors shut including rear and sliding side doors.
Van sliding door frozen shut. Works like a charm. Due to frozen runoff in the tracks or excess condensation on the glass sliding doors can freeze shut. Have you ever tried to open your car or truck door when it s really cold outside and it was frozen shut. Cold weather can be really harsh on your van making it work harder to start and run properly.
No more frozen shut doors. Place duct tape over your door lock to keep it from freezing. Every winter before temps drop to freezing i spray the tracks and all around the inside of the doors where they seal with wd40. If your car is parked outside a car cover or tarp minimizes the amount of moisture from snow and rain that can reach the door parts and freeze this is especially useful during an ice storm or other icing event.
Replace torn or missing rubber gaskets. You need to respray upon occasion to keep them from freezing.