Keep Doors From Freezing Shut

What if you were to attach a flat piece of rope or something securely to the back of the door somehow? Like a backpack strap and left it dangling out on cold nights so you could pull on that instead of the door handle. Lift the handle, pull the rope. My car is away for the winter so Im not gonna be looking into this but Im sure someone could make it work and aesthetically acceptable. The winter I did drive the car, I found myself pulling on that handle alot and am thankful it didnt break!

I recently heard that spraying a solution of vinegar and water (I don't know at what ratio) will unfreeze a car door. Might be worth a try for you guys that are having this problem. Maybe 75% vinegar to 25% water would be a good start.

Forgot to wipe my seals with silicone spray this time. Solution: a carefully aimed kerosene-powered torpedo heater, held like the giant machine gun Jesse Ventura carried in Predator. Door was dripping wet and warm to the touch in 10 minutes.

Extension cord and a hair dryer warming around the window seals and door edges should get it open.

I wanted to add my $0.02 for keeping the doors from freezing shut before winter rolls around. This is what I learned from the cold snap we had earlier this year (5*F temperatures) that confounded this poor warm-weather soul.

1. Silicone spray works wonders, but only if you do it plenty in advance. This seems to help keep the moisture from building in the seals in the first place.

2. Keep an eye on your weather sealing and stripping that goes down into the door. Water likes to find its way in and freeze all sorts of things inside our behemoth sized doors.

3. If it freezes, do not use hot water or you run the risk of breaking a window. Cold and lukewarm water will work just as well. Try to keep it away from the glass while alternating pushing and pulling on the door. Pulling on the door may not be enough to break it open. Pushing tends to be less damaging to the handles.

4. Silicone lubricant spread over/inside the door locks can help keep ice out and keep the key holes from freezing shut. While this isn't a problem, per-se, if your car battery is used to Alabama heat versus what-the-heck cold you may not be able to rely on the remote working.

5. As a random (unrelated) note you can buy hand warming packs (those little goo packs you squeeze to create a reaction to produce heat) and stick them around the battery under the back seat to get it just warm enough to crank. This year I'm debating putting some sound deadening / thermal insulation back there to help with both road noise and to help if I have to warm the battery up.