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OK, just an update. The passenger rear door dead locked itself a couple of weeks ago. Seemed like there was no power to the lock. I tried the usual banging around the lock whilst pushing the lock/unlock buttons on remote and door switch. No joy. Door was stuck shut. Phoned a couple of locksmiths and they didn't want to to know. So I thought I'd sort it myself. Easy fix as long as you have a new lock assembly (15 quid on ebay). I've read some posts about using a dremmel to cut away part of the lock casing to wind back the gear cogs. Far quicker and easier to chisel off the plastic part of the lock. Once the motor assembly is out, the mechanical side of the lock springs down and unlocks the door or you can get a screwdriver in to unlock it manually. Took about an hour to sort. New lock in and working fine👍

OK. Changed the passenger side door catch today. Both front doors locking/unlocking fine with key, remote and lock switch in the car. Rear doors still intermittent locking and unlocking. Door open warning light now works when passenger front door is opened. Next step is to change the rear door catches to see if this sorts the problem. Also changed anti rollbar bushes, steering rack gaiter, strut bearings, drop links and both front brake flex hoses. All on a car that was mot'd 2 weeks ago. 🤔

Will do. Thanks for the help and advice. Si

.Thanks. The door handle problem was due to the handle carrier spring being damaged when garage was trying to break into the car. That's all sorted now. I thought it was the part you pictured causing the problem, and was trying to use that to tension the door handle until I worked out the problem. Central locking is still not working properly. Mainly passenger side. Front door seems to work most of the time but the rear passenger doors not locking at all now. Thinking I'm going to change out the door catch and see if this sorts it🤞

Thanks wino. I've got the door handle sorted. I'm going to take the bellows off of all doors later to see if there are any breaks in the wiring. I'm thinking that the problem is possibly a broken wire or bad connection somewhere as I can hear the rear mechanisms working sometimes and then not, when locking/unlocking the car. Also sometimes even when you can hear them working the door still doesn't unlock if that makes sense? I'm thinking I'm probably going to have to pull the central locking fuse and live with locking the car manually.

Thanks wino. Will try that tomorrow. Annoying thing is I fitted a new lock mechanism today and once the door closed it wouldn't open with key, remote or internal door switch. Finally managed to open it after banging the door lock. Put this down to a cheapo ebay purchase. So cut the microswitch off and soldered it to the old lock unit. Same problem. Now, the garage I bought the car from had locked the keys in the car and had yanked the door handle out so it didn't spring back, and ended up breaking the rear quarter to get in. Replaced the door handle and this solved the door opening issue but central locking still playing up??

Yeah. Like I said I've changed the micro switch on the door lock. But haven't opened it. I did change the lock unit today for a new one, and locks were same. Couldn't open the door once locked though, so cut microswitch off and soldered it to the old door catch. The garage I bought the car from had locked the keys in the car and so after damaging the door handle and trying to prise the door frame out, they broke the rear quarter window. I fitted the new aftermarket catch and the door wouldn't open with key or remote. Replaced with the old lock and same problem So I cut off the microswitch from new unit and fitted it to the old one. Same problem. Then I fitted a second hand door handle and this solved the door problem as in I can open and close with key and remote. But the other doors work/don't work as and when they chose?

Hi, thanks for the reply. I've only taken the drivers side bellows off to remove the door carrier. The only broken wire I found was the white/purple which I soldered back together. This sorted the alarm led not working. Do both sides of the car work independently or are all locks activated by the drivers side? Thanks again for the reply. Si

Hi all. New to this forum having just bought the car. The problem I have is random locking problems. Sometimes all doors lock/unlock. Then just drivers side or all except passenger rear door. I've replaced the microswitch on the drivers door which has cured the sidelight warning buzzer not working. The interior light works as do the puddle lights. The boot switch doesn't work either, but it will open on the remote or the interior pull. I've bought 4 new door catches but I'm thinking the problem may lay somewhere else. If the passenger door is opened and closed, that sometimes makes that side of the car locks work, but not all the time. Do the rear locks work as a slave from the drivers side front/passenger side front or are they independent. Any advice appreciated. Thanks Si