Thread: Rear door lock problem

Hi. The rear/tail and passenger doors are all on the same circuit so as long as the others are working and you can't open the door with the handle from inside or outside it means that the actuator is stuck in super-locked mode...put your ear on the door while you unlock with fob and if you hear any activity in there it's bad news cos you'll have to remove the door card and try to unlock it from the mechanism somehow or brake it...if you dont hear anything check the loom where it enters the door to not be chaffed so the unlock command can't reach the actuator.

Thanks for that
I can hear activity inside the door, So it looks like I will have to try and get the inside door cover off somehow without destroying it to fix this problem.

Yes, the actuator has two motors inside, one is for superlock and if that fails to unlock the door can't be opened manually, if you can reach the actuator and unlock somehow by pulling something from the mechanism you are lucky if not i'm affraid you'll have to smash the whole thing, google out "discovery 2 rear door latch actuator" and watch the images to make an ideea how that actuator works

Common problem.

Get in vehicle and give the door a good kick or five with your hoof near the lock.

trout1105, IF you have not yet tried this, may I make a suggestion that might seem so simple as to be dumb?
I recently had a similar problem opening my rear (cargo-area) door, and was contemplating all manner of things before getting it to open.
Have you tried getting someone to push in on the door (near the lock) from the outside, at the same time as you try to open it with either the external or interior handle?

Or as I do with my rear door is find a corrugated road and drive fairly fast doing lock and unlock repeatedly from the dash to free it up.

Thanks for all the replies Folks.
I actually tried the corrugated road trick a couple of months ago on my last trip on the useless loop road, It may not have worked because I always drop some air from my tires before I tackle that track.
I will have a go at stripping the door skin from the inside of the truck and see if I can get the door open, Maybe it is just one of those little plastic white connectors that has failed.
I had a problem with the drivers door not opening from the inside and a busted rod connector was the culprit there.

Originally Posted by trout1105

Thanks for all the replies Folks.
I actually tried the corrugated road trick a couple of months ago on my last trip on the useless loop road, It may not have worked because I always drop some air from my tires before I tackle that track.
I will have a go at stripping the door skin from the inside of the truck and see if I can get the door open, Maybe it is just one of those little plastic white connectors that has failed.
I had a problem with the drivers door not opening from the inside and a busted rod connector was the culprit there.

Hi trout1105,
I didn't realize from your initial post that this has been a problem for you for at least several months.
Good luck with sorting it out.
Andrew