Thread: Rear door won't open

One thing to try is unlocking it at the same time as pulling the lever, this pushes the arm inside into mesh and as you are pulling it stays in mesh and opens the door, this has worked for me numerous times when stuff has fallen on the snibber, i would think it would work for the jambed up lock aswell.

In a D1 a little spring breaks, not sure if this happens in D2's aswell as i don't know what the mechanism is like, never had to pull ours apart

Cheers
Will

Out in the dust my solution is to give it a good go with shoulder to push the door inwards, seems to loosen something then more shoulder while lifting the latch seems to open then. Once open I give lock a good flush with just water to wash out the dust, don't want to use a wet lube as will only attract more dust. Has only happened to me out bush with dusty tracks and roads.
Have never pulled it out once home for a good clean but sounds like I should.

I couldn't access the rear door from the outside handle. Inner one worked fine. Had a bit of a look and poke then put in a new lock which fixed the problem.

Might want to get a few of the clips holding the door lining. They are very easy to snap.

Mr Alien summed it up IMHO.

From inside the car, revolve the door seal to just above the mechanism and with a hooked piece of wire, get between the door and side and flick up the childproof latch, quite difficult as it is difficult due to a lump of rubber, which I removed the first time this happened.

If you have a barrier fitted, try Dave's method

I cleaned mine with a can of carny cleaner and then lubed it with Lanotech.


No more problems


Erich

Its happened to me a lot.

Apply closing pressure to the door by leaning on it. Lock and unlock a few times using fob key. Now repeatedly actuate the external release handle until it 'grabs' and connects to the latch mechanism.

I think this qualifies as a genuine design fault, not apparent to Disco owners tootling around green and leafy England.

I have this problem heaps and my remedy is to lock the door with the fob. Then I put a screw driver between the latch (that you normally pull on with your finger tips to open the door) and the cover and flick the latch back in the opposite direction as if I was trying to open the door. Unlock the door with the fob twice and I am able to access it.

This needs to be done with the door locked, have tried with the door unlocked and have not been successful.

Nobites

I always push the door and then squeeze the handle and then pull it open. No probs since doing that.

except when I forget to unlock the door. Then I have to lean on it while I try to work the squeeze handle back out again for another go at it.

If it does catch when opening, I give it a jiggle in and out and then pull.

To clean, I just use brake cleaner spray.