How to get frozen car doors open?

How to Open Frozen Car Doors. Three Methods: Unfreezing Door Seals or Handles Unfreezing Car Locks Preventing Frozen Doors Community Q&A. Car doors freeze shut when water seeps between the seal and the car frame, or into the lock itself. To get inside your car, you'll need to dissolve the ice with heat, or with a solvent such as alcohol. read more

Step 2: Push and pull on the door to open it. Similar to Method 1 and 2, push on the door and then try to pull it open. If this does not work, try to scrape off any emerging ice or switch to another method if the door is still frozen. read more

The car is fairly old and the door handle seems a little weak, so I didn't want to pull too hard for fear of breaking off the handle. The passenger side door was frozen stuck too, although the handle isn't as weak as the driver side handle, so eventually I was able to pull the door open. Then I was able to open the driver side door from the inside. read more