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[howardmoon]

Sorry if this has been covered before, but I'm a bit stressed. My drivers don't open, the solenoid stuck literally 3 or 4 times and now I cannot open the door. I had this on the passenger front but that kept working until I replaced the solenoid. This was has just gone almost without warning. How the f8ck do I get the door open??

Thanks, Paul

Oh, it's a 98 S plate MV6 manual

[vauxfan2k]

first try the boot lock, if you get it open, climb thru fold the seats forward and try unlocking the car from the inside.

[RobG]

Sorry if this has been covered before, but I'm a bit stressed. My drivers don't open, the solenoid stuck literally 3 or 4 times and now I cannot open the door. I had this on the passenger front but that kept working until I replaced the solenoid. This was has just gone almost without warning. How the f8ck do I get the door open??

Thanks, Paul

Oh, it's a 98 S plate MV6 manual

Stick the key in, turn clockwise, when resistance is felt force the key through

[howardmoon]

Sorry, my post might be misleading, last night was not a good one. The central locking works fine from the key fob, the other 3 doors unlock. Howver I cannot open the drivers door. When i unlock using the fob i get a pretty loud noise from the solenoid, so as i can't open from inside or out could it just be the mechanism? I get no resistance as i pull the handles. can i get to the lock without fully removing the door card (which i obviously can't do right now!!)

thanks, Paul

[RobG]

Sorry, my post might be misleading, last night was not a good one. The central locking works fine from the key fob, the other 3 doors unlock. Howver I cannot open the drivers door. When i unlock using the fob i get a pretty loud noise from the solenoid, so as i can't open from inside or out could it just be the mechanism? I get no resistance as i pull the handles. can i get to the lock without fully removing the door card (which i obviously can't do right now!!)

thanks, Paul

Put the key in the door lock. Turn clockwise (as if unlocking door) and when it feel`s as though the key won`t turn any more force it. The door should unlock but IIRC the door pin will not pop up

[Entwood]

have you tried unlocking and at the same time pulling on the little button by the window ?? might be enough to just free things and get it open

[howardmoon]

Hi all, thanks for the advice........it's fixed!!!! I removed the passenger door card so I could study how the mechanism worked first. On the drivers door i was able to lift the card away at the top rear, just enough to see the solenoid. After removing the trim panel on the B post i had just enough access to be able to remove the small screw halfway down the edge of the card. With this out i was able to pull the card away quite a bit more.
I could then see the problem, the part of the mechanism which moves down onto the lock cam was barely moving. I just pushed down on the cam with a large screwdriver and the door opened!!!! hoorah.

I could see no obvious reason for the malfunction, so copious amounts of LM grease were applied to the internal mechanism and the catch that connects onto the B post. Everything now operates nice and slick. i suspect the mechanism was just sticking (it had been a little stiff for a month or so) and my hamfisted f*cking around with the pop-up knob pushed something out of line.

Anyway, it is possible to gain access to the solenoid and lock mechanism without any damage to the door card. The only casulaty was the brown plastic shield by the solenoid which had to sacrificed so I could see and access the parts

Thanks everyone, Paul