Thread: If you ever need to replace your driver's door latch .....

yes agreed me thinks its the door lock getting old . If I put the key in slowly it seems to be fine.

Originally Posted by Aussie

yes agreed me thinks its the door lock getting old . If I put the key in slowly it seems to be fine.

The lock barrel is separate from the latch unit.

If putting your key in slowly changes the outcome, then it may be the barrel not the latch.

At the back of the key barrel, is a pushrod that goes down to the latch unit and activates the "lock - unlock" mechanism.

At the back of the key barrel, is a pushrod that goes down to the latch unit and activates the "lock - unlock" mechanism.

Cheers, I'll take the door trim off on the weekend and "have a fiddle", I'll probally bugger it up

I think my door latch is on the way out too Fob is working about 90% of the time, rest of the time I have to use the key. Opening and shutting the door sometimes helps. The door is also pretty difficult to open at times having to give it quite a 'yank'. So I'll put a latch on my roundtuit list too.

Saw this on rangerovers.net also - may help someone http://www.rangerovers.net/repairdet...chreplace.html

I pulled the Drivers door Latch and handle out last night (bugger of a job if you have big hands) I stripped it down and cleaned it. I also filed the little plastic part down that was "sticking". Chucked some Graphite paste on the plastic handle section. It appears too be working quite well at this stage.

Don't forget these pages:

http://www.rangerovers.net/repairdetails/doors/latchreplace.html
http://www.rangerovers.net/repairdetails/doors/doorlocks.html
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Ok so before i look and take the door apart the drivers door stopped opening 2 days ago by remote. The key works fine. All other doors open when i press the remote. Has an arm come of that pushes the button up or is it more likely the unit has failed?

Cheers,
Remy

Originally Posted by PaulP38a

My keyfobs are getting a bit dodgy and the unlock button doesn't always work... usually when I'm in a rush . Think it is a contact problem on the PCB in the remote, but since I don't have Ron's electronic skills I haven't tried to fix it yet.

Both remotes or just one?

I found that on mine, the switch had come off the PCB. Soldering it back on to fixed the problem.

Of course, that meant opening up the keyfob.