Hello to everybody

I have a Skoda Octavia 2006 2nd hand and I am facing this stupid issue

My Passenger door is locked and I can't open it no matter what

The story is like that

I purchased it recently from an individual and everything seemed OK at first glance

All the doors locking, unlocking normally but after a couple of days it seemed the the passenger door would some time forgot to open, using the lever from inside was the solution or locking and unlocking all the doors

Couple of days ago the passenger door just locked

The lock would pop around 2/3 and it would stay that

I tried to pull it, used the lever nothing

Suddendly after a couple of hours it popped out and hooray ,but it only lasted it next lock/unlock

I went to a car shop and I am scheduled for a repair next week but the thing is that the lock being locked and the door not opening would probably lead to severe damage and overcharge

Any tricks to open it , I am pretty frustrated that the inside lever is useless for such a simple thing

Also ,is there a chance that I could perform some modification to override this behavior so that the lever can always open the door ?

Broken wires in the drivers door loop 95% likely, passenger side 5% likely.

 

Reverse the odds if the vehicle was used as a taxi.

14 minutes ago, JohnTs said:

the thing is that the lock being locked and the door not opening would probably lead to severe damage and overcharge

 

If you mean electrical damage and overvoltage then that is rubbish mechanics speak, if you mean to your wallet then they are showing rare honesty!!!!

1 minute ago, J.R. said:

Broken wires in the drivers door loop 95% likely, passenger side 5% likely.

 

Reverse the odds if the vehicle was used as a taxi.

Interesting

Side note, a strange thing, When I am inside the car and I lock the doors (accidentally) from the remote, the central locking/unlocking is disabled, I have to unlock via the remote.

Sounds logical, the car does not know that the driver is in the seat (passenger yes) so the logic is that you have locked the car from the outside, you cannot have the central locking button operative for a thief with a stick.

On 10/11/2023 at 08:47, J.R. said:

 

If you mean electrical damage and overvoltage then that is rubbish mechanics speak, if you mean to your wallet then they are showing rare honesty!!!!

They may have been making a somewhat mangled reference to the possibility of damage to a sticking lock solenoid, but unlikely.

On 10/11/2023 at 09:32, JohnTs said:

The lock would pop around 2/3 and it would stay that

I tried to pull it, used the lever nothing

Suddendly after a couple of hours it popped out and hooray

 

What is it that you are referring to popping or popping out?

Problem resolved, I went to a technician and fixed it ,cost 80€

@JohnTs    ....... And the fault was........?

31 minutes ago, Warrior193 said:

@JohnTs    ....... And the fault was........?

faulty lock... the dude made his magic and is good as new as he claims

There is a serious design flaw that leads to the failure 

1 hour ago, JohnTs said:

faulty lock... the dude made his magic and is good as new as he claims

There is a serious design flaw that leads to the failure 

To be fair though, assuming the old lock was original, it did last more than 16 years - that doesn't really suggest a serious design flaw to me.

17 hours ago, Warrior193 said:

To be fair though, assuming the old lock was original, it did last more than 16 years - that doesn't really suggest a serious design flaw to me.

You have a point.