Rear door not opening until opened lol

Paul Smith

Active Member
Sep 10, 2018
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The rear door is unlocked via the central locking but has stopped opening from the outside. It works fine once it's been opened from the inside until you use the central locking again.

Maybe co incidental but the lights on buzzer has stopped working at the same time.

Any ideas?
Thanks
 

DanDiesel

In my diesel is where I'll be, chugging merrily.
Mar 17, 2005
169
10
Kent
I had/have the same problem. There is a Youtube video somewhere to help with this issue.

A few people on here recommend getting to the actuator in the door, drilling a small hole in it and then spraying in some WD40. Apparently the grease in the lock can go hard over time and then the lock doesn't unlock (pulling the inside handle is like releasiong a deadlock).

I have had to do this on both my rear doors and it has worked a treat although one has stopped working again so I think I need to spray in more WD40.
 

ZiggyEP3

Active Member
Jan 28, 2013
406
72
UK
Also don't forget to plug the hole you drill after as well once the WD-40 is in. I used dust caps from the end of a fiber patch cable as they were a perfect fit for the 3mm holes i drilled into each lock housing.