Rear door handle

frankgoldstar · 5th November 2009, 21:11

Dear All,

my new (to me - 01 CDT club tourer) Rover, which is as pleasent to drive as viewing your site before buying it led me to believe it would be.

Lovely car. However, it has already started to display the sort of behaviour all my cars seem to show.

Although when I bought it recently all the doors opened perfectly, the rear nearside passenger will not open from the outside.

The central locking shoots the button up, the door can be opened from the inside with ease, but the outside handle is locked solid.

Anybody point me in the right direction?

best wishes, Frank

Demon · 5th November 2009, 21:19

Don't get excited, not here to help I'm afraid, but just to report that I too have had this occur on a few occasions in my 14 months of ownership. Has happened on both rear doors if my memory serves me correctly, but never the fronts (backs get relatively little use). Intermittent with no rhyme or reason and corrects itself but is exactly as you report. Doesn't happen often but always seems to pick the worst moments like when it's hammering down and you've got stuff to throw on the back seat (but not JUST when it rains I should add)! So I also would be interested if anybody else knows a reason and/or cure for this problem.

someboy0 · 5th November 2009, 21:58

I've had that on mine with the left back doors just after I bought mine but it must've been because they weren't used for a long time, than it happened a few times so I was opening them from inside at those times but the problem seemed to fix itself, the doors open perfectly now, so I don't know how long the car you bought was out of real use but it might be because of lack of use. But I wouldn't worry about that too much

frankgoldstar · 7th November 2009, 20:21

Dear Demon and Someboy,

thanks for your replies (only just found them - still not got this forum thing cracked, too old for new technology probably) and I will give it a bit of use to see if it improves.

It is the left, or nearside that does it, and just as Demon observed, syncs itself with heavy rain!

My wife was none too pleased when it did it today while trying to get stuff in the car, but then I pointed out that our beloved Ford Scorpio was not available due to the rain having got at the fuseboxes.

Similar problem to the 75 ECU getting flooded due to wet plenums, but results in all the electrics having major wobblies.

As the 'scorp requires a gyno specialist to get at the connectors, looks like it might be fatal.

Best wishes, Frank B

5th November 2009, 21:11	#1
frankgoldstar Avid contributor Rover 75 Conny Saloon Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Manchester Posts: 144 Thanks: 16 Thanked 25 Times in 16 Posts	Rear door handle Dear All, my new (to me - 01 CDT club tourer) Rover, which is as pleasent to drive as viewing your site before buying it led me to believe it would be. Lovely car. However, it has already started to display the sort of behaviour all my cars seem to show. Although when I bought it recently all the doors opened perfectly, the rear nearside passenger will not open from the outside. The central locking shoots the button up, the door can be opened from the inside with ease, but the outside handle is locked solid. Anybody point me in the right direction? best wishes, Frank

5th November 2009, 21:58	#3
someboy0 Loves to post Rover 75 Connoisseur SE 2.5 V6 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Manchester Posts: 314 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I've had that on mine with the left back doors just after I bought mine but it must've been because they weren't used for a long time, than it happened a few times so I was opening them from inside at those times but the problem seemed to fix itself, the doors open perfectly now, so I don't know how long the car you bought was out of real use but it might be because of lack of use. But I wouldn't worry about that too much __________________ Rover 75 - The car with a soul

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5th November 2009, 21:19	#2
Demon Loves to post BMW E92 325i Coupe & BMW E61 525i Auto Touring (Formerly ZT 190SE, ZT+ CDTi & 75 2.0 V6 Club SE) Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Cardiff Posts: 449 Thanks: 2 Thanked 17 Times in 5 Posts	Don't get excited, not here to help I'm afraid, but just to report that I too have had this occur on a few occasions in my 14 months of ownership. Has happened on both rear doors if my memory serves me correctly, but never the fronts (backs get relatively little use). Intermittent with no rhyme or reason and corrects itself but is exactly as you report. Doesn't happen often but always seems to pick the worst moments like when it's hammering down and you've got stuff to throw on the back seat (but not JUST when it rains I should add)! So I also would be interested if anybody else knows a reason and/or cure for this problem.

7th November 2009, 20:21	#4
frankgoldstar Avid contributor Rover 75 Conny Saloon Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Manchester Posts: 144 Thanks: 16 Thanked 25 Times in 16 Posts	Dear Demon and Someboy, thanks for your replies (only just found them - still not got this forum thing cracked, too old for new technology probably) and I will give it a bit of use to see if it improves. It is the left, or nearside that does it, and just as Demon observed, syncs itself with heavy rain! My wife was none too pleased when it did it today while trying to get stuff in the car, but then I pointed out that our beloved Ford Scorpio was not available due to the rain having got at the fuseboxes. Similar problem to the 75 ECU getting flooded due to wet plenums, but results in all the electrics having major wobblies. As the 'scorp requires a gyno specialist to get at the connectors, looks like it might be fatal. Best wishes, Frank B