It was a nightmare. Literally a few mm per stroke and it needed reseating every few strokes. I was damn careful to check the lock was working before reinstalling it!
Chris W Great video. My Range Rover Sport (2009) drivers door would not open from the outside but was fine from the inside. As is shown in this video the lock needed lubricating. I tried squirting WD40 into the lock from the latch area but couldn't get the lube where it was needed. The latch is held in by three star drive screws and not wanting to remove the door interior panel and the lock to lube it I removed the three star drive screws one at a time and squirted loads of WD40 in through the screw holes. Result door now opens fine from the outside handle and it only took a couple of minutes. I have since been round all 4 locks lubricating then in this way.
@@backofficeshow Nice! Good to know that modern vehicle repairs are still possible! I Iove avoiding having to visit the stealers (ehem, dealers) for something a technically minded person could do themselves...
many thanks , I am having this door issue here in OZ, for some reason cant find the part number for the striker plate, could you pls advise and stockist. m,any thanks cheers
It annoys me that the "designers" of these things don't make it a requirement to have a manual release that always works. Even a tiny hole to poke a probe into would be appreciated.
I suppose they are worried that car thieves would make use of the same hole. It's tricky for sure! It's like the double locking mechanisms, I suppose those are there to annoy thieves!
But how do I get a door open that the electronics won't open? I have a neighbor that keeps going in from the passenger door because his driver door won't open.
I'm not a car person... So when my 3 series 2 door BMW failed to get its MOT ,,,on the fact that the mechanic couldn't get the driver's door open... I let out a big sigh!! Picking the car up and getting in through the passenger side and working my way over to the driver's side to drive the car back home.. I spent the next 90 minutes taking the passenger door card off and checking out the way the locking mechanism worked ...... Not looking forward to the task in front of me.. I moved all my tools to the driver's door..... That's when I heard it!!! That audible thunk noise the car makes when you unlock the door with the key fob !!! Trying the driver's door... It opened!!! To this day ...I have no idea why... My father had a phrase he use to say when things like this happen... Well son...that's the joys of motoring!! 🙂
Lifesaving video. Really helped me get my L322 door lock lubed up and nice.
You did it yaayyy 😂 can’t believe you had to get a hacksaw blade on it well done bud
It was a nightmare. Literally a few mm per stroke and it needed reseating every few strokes. I was damn careful to check the lock was working before reinstalling it!
@@backofficeshow how did the reinstatement go you don’t need the metal hatch that you hacked up welded back together right ?
I just bought another in eBay for a few pounds
I greatly appreciate your sharing this vid. Thank you!
Brilliant video!
I'm now going to go out and fix the passenger door lock on my range rover as a result of this brilliant video.
Good luck! Hang in there, takes ages, but it does work
Chris W
Great video. My Range Rover Sport (2009) drivers door would not open from the outside but was fine from the inside. As is shown in this video the lock needed lubricating. I tried squirting WD40 into the lock from the latch area but couldn't get the lube where it was needed. The latch is held in by three star drive screws and not wanting to remove the door interior panel and the lock to lube it I removed the three star drive screws one at a time and squirted loads of WD40 in through the screw holes. Result door now opens fine from the outside handle and it only took a couple of minutes. I have since been round all 4 locks lubricating then in this way.
Did this but with a reciprocating saw. Took about 6 seconds. Well worth borrowing or buying one of you don't have one.
Thanks for this! I'm a bit of a DIY car person myself, so this was interesting and useful. Cheers!
Then you for the feedback and I am happy to say it's still working fine!
@@backofficeshow Nice! Good to know that modern vehicle repairs are still possible! I Iove avoiding having to visit the stealers (ehem, dealers) for something a technically minded person could do themselves...
many thanks , I am having this door issue here in OZ, for some reason cant find the part number for the striker plate, could you pls advise and stockist. m,any thanks cheers
Sorry I don't know. I just searched eBay until I found what I wanted
@@backofficeshow thanks
Thanks for the very useful upload 👍
Thank you
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ahh please help me this! any chance i could drive to you to help? north london can travel though :) please help
It annoys me that the "designers" of these things don't make it a requirement to have a manual release that always works. Even a tiny hole to poke a probe into would be appreciated.
I suppose they are worried that car thieves would make use of the same hole. It's tricky for sure!
It's like the double locking mechanisms, I suppose those are there to annoy thieves!
Lucky in my side,try to lock all door lock accept drive side stay unlock,its look like thats a actuator lock the problem
But how do I get a door open that the electronics won't open? I have a neighbor that keeps going in from the passenger door because his driver door won't open.
Does turning the key in the lock do anything? It would be good to know in order to figure out if it's an electrical issue or a mechanical one
@@backofficeshow The key does nothing.
I am 99.9% certain this is never going to be useful for me. But I'm going to file it away in case that 0.01% ever rears its ugly head.
It's always worth recalling that a solution exists even if without knowing all the detail 😂
I'm not a car person... So when my 3 series 2 door BMW failed to get its MOT ,,,on the fact that the mechanic couldn't get the driver's door open... I let out a big sigh!! Picking the car up and getting in through the passenger side and working my way over to the driver's side to drive the car back home.. I spent the next 90 minutes taking the passenger door card off and checking out the way the locking mechanism worked ...... Not looking forward to the task in front of me.. I moved all my tools to the driver's door..... That's when I heard it!!! That audible thunk noise the car makes when you unlock the door with the key fob !!! Trying the driver's door... It opened!!! To this day ...I have no idea why... My father had a phrase he use to say when things like this happen... Well son...that's the joys of motoring!! 🙂
All is well that ends well! The more complicated the vehicle the blue things to go wrong 😂