Passenger Door Jammed Shut

[qwerty 9]

Hi All

 

The passenger door is jammed shut on my 205 and i cant get it open from the inside or outside handle, it is locking and unlocking ok

 

have taken the door card off (fiddly job with the door shut) still no good though, when pulling the leaver to open the catch nothing is happening, the catch just wont pop open to release the door

 

am sure this will of happened to someone els? anyone know how to get it open?.

 

Cheer

[steve@cornwall 100]

Hi All

 

The passenger door is jammed shut on my 205 and i cant get it open from the inside or outside handle, it is locking and unlocking ok

 

have taken the door card off (fiddly job with the door shut) still no good though, when pulling the leaver to open the catch nothing is happening, the catch just wont pop open to release the door

 

am sure this will of happened to someone els? anyone know how to get it open?.

 

Cheer

 

 

 

That will be a seizing door handle, take out the handle itself and lubricate the gold lever, work it back and forth until the gold lever is fully re-positioned by its return spring

 

[johny105_y2k 1]

2nd that

[welshpug 1,656]

3rd that

[philfingers 5]

can also be the door lock mech itself. Real ar** to get to in a car with a buckets and door bars!

I used a small blow torch and torched the mech from the inside and then went to the scrappy and got another for a couple of quid. It had sat for about 5 months at work whilst I was working away. Wasn't so bad as the missus tho when I didn't come home for 5 months :-)

[qwerty 9]

aye its the lock that jammed mate, its done it before but i got it to release, duno what i did though, just thought maybe there was some way of releasing it, blow torch it is though.

 

cheers bud

[welshpug 1,656]

could just pop the plastic lever off the back of the lock barrel, far easier than a blowtorch

[joe1joe 3]

if its the door lock mech jamed it isnt going to do anything taking of the rod off?? some times it helps to take the other side of to see how the mech works (or buy a new one as it need to be replaced dont wana go thru this again!!!) as u might have to fidle with the mech do release it (hard to eplain so best to look at another mech??

[philfingers 5]

just to clarify on mine it wasn't the lock barrell, it was the actually latch mechanism, evn unhooking the handle and the lock wouldn't get it open

[qwerty 9]

cheers fellas

 

its not guna be an easy one

 

its really hard to see what is going on inside the door, really annoying think was that it opened onto the first click, so the door was open about an inch, just couldn't get the catch to let go of the door

 

al keep trying with your advise

[Paul_13 212 1 Cars]

BIG Hammer

[philfingers 5]

probably worth getting a latch from a scrappy or looking at the drivers one to figure out how it works. Makes it easier to 'see' how it all works

[joe1joe 3]

thats what i ment the door mech/catch, not the door lock barel.

 

just got to be carfull at the same time as the 205 door skins are made of tin foil...........

 

u will notice most 205 door handles are "sunk in" sligtly as they are soooo weak! lol

 

just when mesing with the door mech be CAREFULL

[supersub14 1]

this problem happened to me.

 

I had to strip the door card off at the corner, squeze my hand in and wiggle the vertical lock lever up and down for approx 2 nights before it got free lol

 

Some ammount of swearing done at it

[qwerty 9]

stupid thing, mind am glad its not the drivers door

 

guna have another shot at it tomorrow, will let you know how i get on

 

cheers

[qwerty 9]

Its finally open , what a great feelin when it jus popped open,

 

still got to replace the lock, can anyone tell me if the 309gti mech i have will fit, its off same year car.

[205BigTosh 0]

Its finally open , what a great feelin when it jus popped open,

 

still got to replace the lock, can anyone tell me if the 309gti mech i have will fit, its off same year car.

 

 

what was wrong with it?

[TT205 42]

Its finally open , what a great feelin when it jus popped open,

 

It took you 7 months

 

That was a stiff fu**er!

[RHULPUG 0]

My drivers door now has this problem, albeit it isn't locked shut, it just won't close any further than the initial safety latch.

 

I've tried looking at the locking mechanism/handle on a spare passenger door which I had in the garage, but it doesn't seem to be that simple in removing it. The car is now back in my garage so fortunately safe and secure but could really do with some help on this one.

 

I have searched for other topics and a few came up, but the issue here isn't the door not opening, rather the door only partially closing. I've removed the door card and tried moving the handle from the inside but still to no avail.

[NeilGTi85 5]

Adjust the stricker pin on the door resess

[RHULPUG 0]

Adjust the stricker pin on the door resess

 

Will have a look at that, but why do you reckon it has suddenly become a problem? The car is in use on a weekly basis, then on Sunday when I locked it I noticed the door didn't look closed properly, so the problem just suddenly appeared.

[NeilGTi85 5]

The stricker pin can get lose slowley over time, I had to re-adjust mine when I replaced the door pins / hinges as they well well out.

[RHULPUG 0]

Fixed, you were spot on, thanks for your help!

....wish I'd looked there first before removing the door card, speaker cover and arm rest!

[Rob_the_Sparky 9]

Sorry to reserrect an old thread but my driver's door is now locked shut with no sign of releasing as well. It would be really good to know how the original poster got his open.

 

Mine is shut but will not unlock, both key and internal lock mech feel equally jammed solid. Before it jammed it was a bit of a git to close, being at work I just slammed the door and thought nothing of it (duh). I have not been able to unlock it since, feels completely solid.

 

Rob

[welshpug 1,656]

take the doorcard off an make sure the inner lever on the external door handle is not seized.