Central Locking Issue

[jsmith4519]

Hi all newbie here, After a bit of advice for N plate galaxy of grandads.

Over icy period lock froze, jammed, he got key stuck so kept wiggling ad eventually got key out. now lock on outside just spins with no reistance, inside handle wont open door. I have unplugged motor and plugged it back in pinging the locking but not undoing it. He has had lock replaced before as seems a common problem so thinks he needs a new one which is fine i can fit it.....but how can i open the door to fit it without destroying the car?

 

All help appreciated

thanks

 

james

[gregers]

welcome to the forum,

if you really cant get the door open from the outside then it looks like you will have to remove the door card from the inside.

iirc there are instructions somewhere on here,once its off you should be able to release the mechanism.

[jsmith4519]

thanks for reply, i have had door card off, i can feel the outside release mech but wont open door, i think door is deadlocked so not sure what to do next?

[gregers]

have you tried unlocking the doors from the passenger side or the boot to see what happens?

[a18nkd]

use the key on the passenger door to unlock all doors if that don't work you might be able to put a 12v direct on the door motor and see if that helps if the motor works ok any way if not let us know and someone will be able to help