Thread: Passenger rear door wont open

So does the door that isn't opening actually "unlocked" i.e. the button is in the up position?

Stay away from the dealers mate...they will rob you blind as they smile and say "have a nice day." And your car is only worked on by apprentices. Find someone local who can fix d2's...

Originally Posted by MickS

So does the door that isn't opening actually "unlocked" i.e. the button is in the up position?

Stay away from the dealers mate...they will rob you blind as they smile and say "have a nice day." And your car is only worked on by apprentices. Find someone local who can fix d2's...

Gday MickS, no the door thats not opening is not unlocking anymore, with my hand on the door whilst pushing the unlock button i can feel the actuator working but the lock knob doesnt move. I dont know if it helps but it was the outside handle that stopped working first - at this stage it was still locking / unlocking - about a day later the inside handle stopped working along with the locking knob.

Have you tried pressing unlock on the key fob 3 or 4 times. My rear right won't unlock until I have done that...this is another known fault in the d2's.

Sorry to say you were ripped off with the window regulator, I just replaced my drivers side front. Land Rover quoted me $210.00 plus GST, I sourced a brand new one from Jag Spares & British 4wd in Tassie for $83.00 & $16.00 air freight. Ordered on Mon morning, arrived Tuesday morning, 20 min job to fit.

If you havent already got one get the Rave CD and have a go at fixing it yourself. I hate to think what LR would have charged me to supply and fit.

I had a simular experiance when I changed the rubber joint on the rear of the tail shaft, LR were double the price for the parts.??

PS Looking at the diagrams on the Rave CD there is a cable that operates the latch from the inside and a rod that operates the latch from the outside handle, The locking mechanism also uses a rod to unlock the door. Maybe something has just come loose and the motor is trying to work but not having the desired effect.

There must be a way to get to the lock with the door shut?? I know a few RACV blokes that are pretty good at getting modern vehicles open when the keys are locked in??

Good luck!

Sounds to me like one of the link rods has been installed backwards, and is getting trapped. Happened to me when replacing a door, took a couple of hours to strip the door trim off and get into the locking mechanism from the inside to unlock it, then reinstall the locking mechanism in the door with the link rod CORRECT.

Originally Posted by winaje

Sounds to me like one of the link rods has been installed backwards, and is getting trapped. Happened to me when replacing a door, took a couple of hours to strip the door trim off and get into the locking mechanism from the inside to unlock it, then reinstall the locking mechanism in the door with the link rod CORRECT.

So you were able to remove the door trim from the inside with the door shut?? I will have a crack at it tomorrow i think - perhaps i was misinformed but i was led to believe it couldnt be done (without damaging anything) with the door shut. Dont believe everything you hear eh.....
Has anyone got a link for downloading the RAVE CD - i used to have it on my old PC until it died.

Originally Posted by adonuff

PS Looking at the diagrams on the Rave CD there is a cable that operates the latch from the inside and a rod that operates the latch from the outside handle, The locking mechanism also uses a rod to unlock the door. Maybe something has just come loose and the motor is trying to work but not having the desired effect.

There must be a way to get to the lock with the door shut?? I know a few RACV blokes that are pretty good at getting modern vehicles open when the keys are locked in??

Good luck!

Any chance you can copy/paste pics from the RAVE CD so i can have a look?