Manual door locking - lock stiff

[ChrisjMetcher]

Hi,

My father has a poverty spec 1.2 Fabia1 2008, bought new and done around 14,000miles.  it is one week out of warrenty and a fault has developed with the door locking. I wondered if anyone else has encountered the same problem.

 

the drivers door lock seems incredibly stiff when compared with either the passenger side, or indeed , my own series 1 112,000mile fabia

quite often the doors will not lock at all ( the noise of the mechanism seems different when this happens).forcing the key makes no difference.  has anybody come accross this?  

 

any advice, comments, laughter would be very welcome.

[GLENT54321]

Speak to your local dealership/ Skoda UK as they may repair as a good will thing as your just out of warranty!