Thread: 2014 defender rear door fail in the Simpson

It's certainly covered by warranty although that doesn't compensate for the inconvenience you would have experienced. My back door started to bend within two months of buying my 2012 110 and I installed an after market wheel carrier. The original hinges were only ever designed to carry a 6.00 x16 road track major, they won't cope with the weight of modern tyres.
Dave

How on earth have you managed to get a 2014 Defender in to the Simpson already? I tip my hat to you...

SWMBO in my house won't let mine out of the postcode without 20 questions!

How did you find the truck otherwise? I assume you didn't have time to make too many mods befire you left.

Im guessing you have a cargo barrier....

if you can drop the barrier down and climb in from the inside you might possibly be able to get the door open..

we had ours lock up on us once but it was because the door seal had got knocked slightly which didn't allow the door to close probably so when it did it locked on tight and couldn't be opened form the outside...once we got the door open we never had another issue with it...even when our hinges finally failed after (6years) we could still always open the door.

EDIT: this actually happend to us with the D1 also and it may of been the door seal on the D1 and the child lock on the defender cant remember which way around it was now

Originally Posted by FeatherWeightDriver

How on earth have you managed to get a 2014 Defender in to the Simpson already? I tip my hat to you....

Some of use them for what they were intended My 2006 was only 4 weeks old when it set off for it's first desert foray.

Talk to Murray at Rijidij. He makes a cracker of a spare wheel carrier.

Those locks are a bastard at the best of times.

When you unlock using the central locking - can you see from the outside - the little inside snib moving all the way up and down. IF it's moving then it is unlocking and the issue is that the handle is stiff. Sometimes pushing the door closed whilst opening it can help - or give it a very hard lift...

If the lock snib is not moving, and you have a cargo barrier. The easiest method of gaining access is to pop out one of the rear small quaterlite windows next to the tailgate. As it's new, this should actually be quite easy. There was a you tube video ov the process, but basically you shove the window hard in at the corner, the whole glass rotates a bit and you can lever it out... Then you can reach the snib.

That's a good tip, could save the expense of a lot of accessories

I had the same scenario as Dullbird. I thought, "Oh no my 2 week old car has a breakage already..." I climbed in from the back seats and unlocked it by hand. Worked fine since then

the OP has mention hinges and the weight of the wheel.......and has said nothing about locks