annoying drivers door lock problem

obsean · 30th January 2020, 13:19

on my fourth rover now ,a tourer with the annoying door lock problem
...have been resisting taking the door card apart because from the very learned advice here it sounds fiddly and problematic.
right now drivers door will not open atall from inside or outside handles
it seems like an electrical problem because after some hours it seems to self release and open normally
awhile ago the cable for the inside handle broke and i fixed it avoiding removing the lock with a bit of wire and a connector strip...which worked for a time until the problem returned,then bought a new fob battery and sprayed wd 40 and seemed to be normal once more , thought i had solved it ...but it continues,
before all of this ,the drivers seat would always reset itself to another position when ignition was turned off but i notice when i have the door problem this does not happen,is there a link?is this a fob issue?
i have access to all the bits from my last tourer,which didnt have these problems(but some different ones!)should i take some bits off it ,or is the problem more like an ECU one,as the tailgate window ceased to open now!
sorry about the long winded description but im rapidly losing faith in my fav type of car because of little difficult to solve issues
thanks for looking

trikey · 30th January 2020, 13:30

I would replace the actuator, and the cable from your donor car, sounds to me like the deadlock is sticking.

Do this sooner rather than later as if the door sticks shut it’s a real pain to gain access.

Get the door working as it should then see what happens with the seat issue.

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obsean · 30th January 2020, 15:37

...sprayed wd into the handle hole on outside,now its working....but you say its worn, probably true,weird electrical issues like when i press unlock on the fob sometimes all the windows come down, make me think its some circuitry somewhere causing chaos

trikey · 30th January 2020, 15:49

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Originally Posted by obsean

...sprayed wd into the handle hole on outside,now its working....but you say its worn, probably true,weird electrical issues like when i press unlock on the fob sometimes all the windows come down, make me think its some circuitry somewhere causing chaos

Ahhh in that case you need a new body control module, I had a car that used to do exactly the same

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KLM · 30th January 2020, 15:51

Hi, take it to one of the T4 guys for check-out.
See their locations on the T4 finder on this forum.
Kev.

30th January 2020, 13:19	#1
obsean Newbie ROVER 75 TOURER Join Date: Oct 2016 Location: EXETER Posts: 13 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	annoying drivers door lock problem on my fourth rover now ,a tourer with the annoying door lock problem ...have been resisting taking the door card apart because from the very learned advice here it sounds fiddly and problematic. right now drivers door will not open atall from inside or outside handles it seems like an electrical problem because after some hours it seems to self release and open normally awhile ago the cable for the inside handle broke and i fixed it avoiding removing the lock with a bit of wire and a connector strip...which worked for a time until the problem returned,then bought a new fob battery and sprayed wd 40 and seemed to be normal once more , thought i had solved it ...but it continues, before all of this ,the drivers seat would always reset itself to another position when ignition was turned off but i notice when i have the door problem this does not happen,is there a link?is this a fob issue? i have access to all the bits from my last tourer,which didnt have these problems(but some different ones!)should i take some bits off it ,or is the problem more like an ECU one,as the tailgate window ceased to open now! sorry about the long winded description but im rapidly losing faith in my fav type of car because of little difficult to solve issues thanks for looking

30th January 2020, 13:30	#2
trikey Premium Trader Rover 75 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Devon Posts: 33,771 Thanks: 8,837 Thanked 14,831 Times in 8,030 Posts	I would replace the actuator, and the cable from your donor car, sounds to me like the deadlock is sticking. Do this sooner rather than later as if the door sticks shut it’s a real pain to gain access. Get the door working as it should then see what happens with the seat issue. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk __________________ Lest we forget..

30th January 2020, 15:37	#3
obsean Newbie ROVER 75 TOURER Join Date: Oct 2016 Location: EXETER Posts: 13 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	typical! ...sprayed wd into the handle hole on outside,now its working....but you say its worn, probably true,weird electrical issues like when i press unlock on the fob sometimes all the windows come down, make me think its some circuitry somewhere causing chaos

30th January 2020, 15:51	#5
KLM Posted a thing or two Rover 75 Club CDT Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: North West Posts: 1,289 Thanks: 691 Thanked 394 Times in 240 Posts	Hi, take it to one of the T4 guys for check-out. See their locations on the T4 finder on this forum. Kev.