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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: Black Knight on 16 February 2009, 09:52:10

Title: Door locks
Post by: Black Knight on 16 February 2009, 09:52:10
My external driver door latch is failing. Took two or three attempts to open the door this morning.

Can prob whip the door card of myself but what am I likely to find? Repairable or will I need a new latch?
Title: Re: Door locks
Post by: Andy B on 16 February 2009, 10:29:27
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My external driver door latch is failing. Took two or three attempts to open the door this morning.

Can prob whip the door card of myself but what am I likely to find? Repairable or will I need a new latch?

You mean you have to pull the handle really hard to open the car?
Mine was like that till I just gave it all a good lub'ing. I removed the door card & used chain lub on anything on the lock mechanism that moved  :y & haven't had a problem since.  ;)
Title: Re: Door locks
Post by: Black Knight on 16 February 2009, 13:02:05
Don't have to pull particulally hard, just deosn't seem to engage sometimes. I think may just be something not quite catching when it should.

Will certainly give it a coat of oil regardless.

thanks.
Title: Re: Door locks
Post by: bigdods on 16 February 2009, 13:07:39
Watch out for random opening....my old CDX had a similar problem sometimes it wouldnt open without a bit of fiddling and tugging on the handle. Then one day the door just flew open as I was going around a roundabout ! I thought I just handt closed it properly so pulled it shut. Was ok the rest of the day but next day it did it again.

Needed a new lock as it wasnt latching.