The central locking on a rear door has failed in the locked position, so i need to get the internal door trim off to fix.

But the child lock was activated so i can't manually open the door from the inside either.

What can i do to get the door open and the trim off?

Bump, as I would also like to know the anwser to this too, if it exists. As I imagine it, the situation described is catch 22. Am I right in thinking there could be no way out of this?

The only success that I've had with opening a deadlocked rear door is to firmly bang the area of the lock with the palm of the hand whilst operating the remote locking. Otherwise you'll be removing interior trim and the door seal in an attempt to give you room to unscrew the the peripheral door trim fixings.

My rear door would not open so I took it to the Skoda dealer. the screws for the door card /panel are on the end. They would not tell me how they did it but I think they removed the door card by hooking something in the edge of the card and pulling the screw complete with spring retaining clips (look at the other door for location). when the door card is remove the lock is accessible

Something like this?

Laser Trim Removal Kit from Halfords Price £10.49

This seems to a fairly common problem on Octavias and Golfs - been searching the forums for tips on how to open my deadlocked rear door. Tried the door banging tip - no joy there. So how do you remove the door card -it seems that you can get to the Torx screws by removing the weatherstrip, then using a Torx key (right angled like an Allen key), or a Torx bit and pliers.

Alternatively as suggested, pull door card at the right places and the plastic clips will come out - if they break, get new ones.

Anyway, my rear door suddenly decided to unlock after many weeks of refusal, so i quickly removed the door card while I had a chance. Nothing wrong with cable or external handle realease. Checked out the door wiring and control module - all dry and ok.

Removed and dismantled door lock, no fault found, resoldered the PCB joints anyway, and regreased the mechanism. Still works ok.

Spent some time trying to figure out the lock mehanism and servo motor while I had it dismantled, just in case it failed again. Could not get it to release the deadlock via manual operation of the various levers for the external handle, internal handle or door pin. I read someone's suggestion that his method was to chisel the plastic bit (containing the servo) off the mechnical part of the lock to get access to the various levers and springs, so he could force the deadlock to release. Seems drastic but maybe the only way?

If anyone has found another way I would be interested to hear.