OK, Crashton, that's just wrong.

But I anyway.

I stopped to take an ice covered MINI shot in Oklahoma (or was it Texas?) and I had to climb out the passenger door because mine was stuck. Then the local LEO stopped to make sure I was ok (and not drunk as I stumbled out of my passenger door!)

Here's what cha need Mark.......



Drives the babes at the old farts home crazy.

Yes...I agree. 1) what year is your MINI? 2) are you the original owner? 3) have the pieces of the door release mechanism been updated, because freezing of same is a known problem with a known fix?

You didn't reserve your parking spot?

Naw, I've been with this for years and still gets an occassional "whassat you're wearing there?" Unfortunately, expensive.

Mini's don't need anything to attract babes!

Mmmm my favorite! How YOU doin?

That reeks of PWT, but still...

See, it's workin' and I haven't even washed the MINI for 2 weeks. /cackle

Nope, just SOP in Chicago.

So being PWT is SOP in TWC ?



Reminds me of a note I gave an employee not long ago...

Get this to me ASAP but NLT COB Tuesday.

hey what happened here!

thread jackers

Sorry, navycav, we're just trying to distract you so you don't drive your poor MINI off an icy cliff.
Besides, we gave you solutions before the hijack.

I suppose so.

"Sir, since the VP is such a VIP, shouldn't we keep the PC on the QT? If it leaks to the VC, he might be MIA and we'd all be put on KP."

OK, maybe it's time to stop threadjacking lest the OP become really livid!

Nope, later models as well. My 06 had this problem fixed... twice. I got pretty sick of it. The glass freezing to the sill and not dropping down isn't the issue. Glass can freeze on any car. You can still open the doors if the window doesn't drop. I've done it, carefully, many times.

There are two possibilities:

The door is actually frozen shut. This can also happen on any car.

Or.... the problem I and many others have experienced. The handles do not work. The mechanism gets to cold and doesn't function properly. You squeeze the outside handle and it just stays in or you pull from the inside and absolutely nothing happens. You will have to have the dealership fix this and I really hope it doesn't reoccur. I live in GA... it doesn't even get cold here, but there were a few times that I could not get in my car and I got pretty fed up with it.

The extent to which this is a problem varies by car. My glass used to heavily drag the underside of the gutter--no matter how carefully I tried to open it--and then spring loose, making a sound similar to Daffy Duck's bill as it bent upward when he stepped on a rake. This is not what you want glass to be doing when it's 10 below. Best to carry an old credit card and run it between the molding and the glass from back to front until the window drops.
Funny that they had not improved the design by the 2006 MY.

Hence the "carefully" part. I always gave it a little hand. But it wasn't as bad as the stuck handles problem because, even if it took work, the door would open. With the stuck handle.. it was stuck and that was that. It was either hope the other door would open or crawl out the boot... which I did once.

Just use a bit of rubber protectant on the weatherstripping and no more problems.

The frozen handles were taken care of with a TSB. They will replace the pre 05 handles with the later model that shouldn't freeze up.

mine feel like they "stick" sometimes. Not sure what that's about.

My drivers door is stuck. Won't open from inside or outside handle. Its been high 80's to low 90's so not frozen. Can't get inside door panel off with door shut. HELP!!!!

You have a problem with the latch mechanism/cable. Gotta get the inner door panel off, but as you said, ya can't with the door closed. sry, i dont have a solution for that. Someone else have a bright idea??

I think the people that would best know how to deal with this are a couple of guys over in Hazzard county that go by the names Bo and Luke. I think the last name is something with a D. Seriously, though, I think you need a good repair shop for this one.

I have had this happen several times where my glass froze in the channels. If you lower your door glass the same amount it drops when you pull the handle it still seals and you don't have to worry about it keeping you from opening the door. I do it every year at winter time and just leave them like that all winter. Haven't had a problem since.