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The lube in locks and such starts out as oil or light grease, and as dirt mixes with it over time, it ends up getting thicker, and as come point or as the temperature goes down, it changes from a liquid (and providing lubrication) to a solid (actively preventing movement). The sliding door handle on my commute car kept getting harder and harder to open until such point that I broke the $50 handle off when I tried to open the door. After I cleaned and lubed everything, the door is so easy to open that the little kids can do it once again. They had been asking for help before this. I should've cleaned it before it got to that state, and paid the price for negligence of my maintenance duties. A needle-free syringe works great to apply grease into tight locations. A large barrel needle would work as well. Jeff -----Original Message----- >clean properly and then re-lube Why would this only happen in cold temperatures. Isn't a dirty lock a dirty lock, cold or hot. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org