This morning when the wife went out to the car the drivers door would not shut. It was like the mechinism wasnt able to move to allow the door to close.

 

I came home from work as we couldnt leave the car with a door unlocked all day and it worked absolutely fine.

 

Only thing I can think of is moisture got in to the mechinism and froze it causing it to stop working properly. When the sun came out it melted and allowed everything to work as it should.

 

Anyone had similar issues?

Not on a skoda but my dad had the same problem on the drivers door of his Jaguar x-type a couple of winters ago,the door wouldnt stay shut but after some warm water was poured over the door handle area it shut & has never done it again since.

My doors were iced shut this morning after it had been left for a few days. Thought I was going to snap the door handle off it!

This morning when the wife went out to the car the drivers door would not shut. It was like the mechinism wasnt able to move to allow the door to close.

 

I came home from work as we couldnt leave the car with a door unlocked all day and it worked absolutely fine.

 

Only thing I can think of is moisture got in to the mechinism and froze it causing it to stop working properly. When the sun came out it melted and allowed everything to work as it should.

 

Anyone had similar issues?

 

Happened to my Yeti.  According to my dealer, this happens all the time with Fabia. They had not heard about other Yetis having tis problem.

Quick solution: Full heat on the ventilation and keep a small gap open between door and frame. This should be enough to make the lock mechanism work again.

But the moist will still be there, so be prepared to repeat this everytime you unlock in cold weather.

VW have designed plastic covers to be put on the lock mechanism.

Cover, front door, left: 5K0837349A

Cover, front door, right: 5K0837350B

I removed the lock mechanism from the door and lubricated most of the mechanical parts with Würth Teflube, installed the cover and reinstalled the unit. Only did this on the drivers side where the problem occured. But I have the plastic cover ready for the passenger door if this should start freezing.

Pictures shows cover only and cover installed on lock mechanism (drivers side/LHD)

I wonder if using my heat gun inside the door cavity would help remove any moisture left and reduce the chance of it happening again?

This morning when the wife went out to the car the drivers door would not shut. It was like the mechinism wasnt able to move to allow the door to close.

 

 

The mechanism must have moved to allow the door to open in the first place, no???

 

And the hook on the door would push the pin closed, after it had only just been operated (opened) surely???

 

You sure she hadn't just got the seatbelt, or handbag strap caught in the door, without realising it, preventing it closing????

the way the mechinism works if you have the door open and pull the handle (inside or out) nothing visibly moves. Ive no idea how it works, black magic is my guess.

 

Seeing as people have said they stuffered the same issue and skoda provided a part to eliminate it i'd say its most likely the cause

Dec 29th I really struggled to get my fuel flap open as it and the boot seemed to be frozen shut after the car was left sitting for a few days at my sons ... I thought I was in soapy bubble as the tank was only about a quarter full and I was in Rochdale with a drive to Motherwell in front of me

I usually put some spray grease into my locks every now and then. Seems to keep the water out and prevents the locks freezing. I have had the door freeze to the door rubbers before too. Silicon spray (Simoniz Back to Black etc) around the rubbers seems to help.

Not car related but cold weather related.

In colder weather (around now) I used to come across a certain make of passenger lift that when the lift was installed the installer would put grease on a pivot point of a door lock.

Typically in colder weather and most likely age related the door lock was prone to sticking.

If the door mechanism on your car has been greased then the grease may of gone hard resulting in the sticking.

If you get around to removing the door card I would recommend that you remove old grease and replace it with a light coating of WD40 or similar.

Just a thought.

There's a difference between the door not being able to close, and the door not staying shut.

 

I can possibly understand a frozen / sticking locking mechanism not holding a door shut, but not it preventing a door to close, after it only just being opened.

 

It made more sense that something was in the way, imo.

 

Unless the locking mechanism can be activated with the door open, but I assume design would prevent this happening.

Edited 4 January, 20179 yr by Tilt

Not car related but cold weather related.

In colder weather (around now) I used to come across a certain make of passenger lift that when the lift was installed the installer would put grease on a pivot point of a door lock.

Typically in colder weather and most likely age related the door lock was prone to sticking.

If the door mechanism on your car has been greased then the grease may of gone hard resulting in the sticking.

If you get around to removing the door card I would recommend that you remove old grease and replace it with a light coating of WD40 or similar.

Just a thought.

The access to the mechinism is very poor (remove the door card, then speaker gives you a tiny amount of access but you cant see it) but its worth a shot in giving it a spray as you mention.