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2026. 7. 1. 작업

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Would anyone like to help me solve this mystery? Winter in Maine. It’s cold. Hatchback on my 2024 Integra won’t open. Thinking it’s frozen due to a recent ice storm, I blast it with a heat gun for about five minutes, then it works. For about two days. Then it’s stuck shut again. I keep trying it for a couple of days and then use the heat gun again. Once again, it pops open. Then I spray silicone lubricant all up in there like the Internet told me to. I open and shut it about a dozen times over the next 24 hours with no problems. Just went outside to put something in the back of the car and it’

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Been there, done that! I have owned 5 hatchbacks, some of which did that. Just spraying silicone doesn’t work so well as you found out. You need to clean the surface of the rubber seal first. Rubbing alcohol works and does not introduce any water. Then spray silicone on a rag or paper towel and rub every inch of the seal around the hatch. Do it twice to make sure the surface is coated. Next, clean the place where the seal sits on the car. Wax the portion where the seal sits… or rub it down with silicone spray, too. That should solve the problem.