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18th December 2017, 15:59 | #1 |
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annual winter frozen lock issue
In common with many other owners/members I have recently suffered the above problem when after unlocking my car and closing the door it just bounces open again, but after a few moments of pushing the door closed it seems to resolve itself
Thus winter has thrown up a new quirk to the problem and now my front passenger door refuses to open from inside it's been like this for over a week now but unlike an identical problem with the N/S/R door which did the same during the summer and corrected itself the front door won't seem to do the same. Going back to the frozen lock issue, one wonders if the cars were tested in arctic conditions as is often the case during development stages or perhaps it is an age related issue such as the actuators getting worn thus possibly causing the sticking?
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18th December 2017, 16:04 | #2 |
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It's probably the end of the cable broken behind the door pull, easily seen by popping out the bung and removing the screw in the back of the door pull. It then can be manoeuvred out to check. Door card off to change though.
https://www.the75andztclub.co.uk/for...ad.php?t=79202 Cable end shown on pic 3 More pics here:- https://the75andztclub.co.uk/forum/s...oor+pull+cable https://www.the75andztclub.co.uk/for...64&postcount=5
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18th December 2017, 20:03 | #4 |
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Decided to go for xmas shopping this morning. Car frozen solid again, wife got into passenger side, door would not shut! After about 10 mins and car warming up we finally got the door to shut. Last year had the same problem with rear door, must just be a problem with these cars.
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18th December 2017, 20:12 | #5 |
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Get some WD 40 squirted into all these troublesome places to drive out the moisture and stop the freezing up.
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I have this intermittent cannot close/lock the door. And I have an 06 Rover 75 which was one of the last made and not that old. We need to find real answers to fix or it will make the Rover 75 unusable.
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18th December 2017, 20:22 | #8 |
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Preventative maintenance is down to you, as is any maintenance of older vehicles. No good blaming the car for cold weather problems, which happens to all makes Your car is 11 years old
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What is certain from web searches is that the BMW/Rover 75 have a problem other cars do not have. We need to admit that and properly understand it.
For example some BMW owners say a BMW garages said the fuel cap solenoid /actuator was playing up and confusing the central locking system. Others doubt that. I have not long got rid of cars 20+ years old and 15+ years old and they were just not the problem in far more severe conditions. With some of the cars we would park in most exposed location in severe snow and ice and need them to work as we came off the mountains after long periods getting cold and exhausted. It is not reasonable to dare risk taking a BMW/Rover 75 to such places that we have been taking most other cars. But I agree the Rover 75 is not the only vehicle with troubles another newer vehicle has a big leak problem as well:- https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/516849...airs-millions/ Last edited by Ed3; 19th December 2017 at 04:55.. |
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Thanks for your reply and post the club photo thread
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