Door lock all sorted, anyone interested,

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FRONT-LEFT-RIGHT-DOOR-LOCK-CYLINDER-REPAIR-KIT-FOR-SKODA-FABIA-6Y-/324334873322?_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49292

 

Very easy fix, thanks Lee for that video. 

3 hours ago, MinkyMike said:

Very easy fix, thanks Lee for that video. 

 

No worries

Having read both of the suggestions and progress of the locking /microswitch problems, I too have a similar puzzling Passenger lock mystery.

My Fabia Classic is an all manual locking vehicle. The passenger door locking mechanism fails to unlock the door though the ' pull ' handle on the  inside properly triggers the  'Open' button, but does not open the door from the inside or the outside.  Furthermore when I put my manual key in the outer barrel it will only relock the button, there is no key pressure felt in the opening direction with the key. Using the methods of Hat Boy Harvey's suggestions have no effect.

I obviously cannot remove the lock barrel until some miracle happens.

Wd40 and PlusGas in the keyhole and door handle don't seem to work either. looking at the pictures of the locking mechanism to release the button and lock are not very obvious. Someone else said they had drilled out their lock so that they could lock and open from the inside. The key is not damaged and I thought possibly the key barrel itself may have stuck pawls as when frozen, or rusted but the lubrication should have dealt with that It appears to be like a screwdriver slot on the inner end. the local garage managed to get it open for its MOT this year- and it promptly locked itself the first time ' opened' from the inside.

 I take it that the immobiliser red light when the drivers door is locked  does not immobilise the doors  - just the engine? operation?

Ian

 

Edited 21 February, 20242 yr by ianmcd

Ianmcd

Hi Ian

Did you manage to resolve the issue of your door lock, I seem to have the same issues you have with my drivers door lock, I can open the door from the passenger seat, and I can lock the drivers door with the key - but not unlock it with the key, the key turns ok but does not seem to connect to anything.

My issue seem to start when the car was in for an MOT, when I went to pick the car up, I could not unlock the driver's door and I had to open it through from the passenger side, I have a feeling that when they drove it out of the workshop and parked it they tried to lock it with the door open by pushing down the inside door button, and maybe used to much force and damaged something in the mechanism, as us owners know there is resistance stopping us from locking the door this way. I spoke to the garage about this and was assured they had locked with the key. Anyway I belief I have the same issue as you had and would like to hear from you (or anyone else) if you have resolved the problem.

My car is a Fabia 1.4 Classic petrol 2002 with 100k miles, manual doors and windows (no central locking)

Thanks

Graham

Edited 24 September, 202524 Sep by Graham35

I notice a number of posters mentioning wD40, my garage tried to open the door manually as the battery was flat, it had not been opened manually in 19 years, they couldn't do it and were talking about breaking a quarter panel to get in. I had the door opened in 10 minutes using silicon spray. For any metal on metal locks or any other equipment this is what you need for smooth operation, brilliant stuff.