Drivers Door will Central lock but not unlock??

[bmouthboyo]

Hi,

During the cold snap my Central locking on the drivers side seems to have picked up a fault.

Basically it will 8 times out of 10 lock the car centrally (boot driver and passenger locks) however it will not unlock them or indeed itself, although the key does turn both ways freely.

I have to unlock the car using the passenger door, this unlocks them all centrally.

So I assume it is local to the drivers door. It almost feels as if there is too little resistance, and i have to turn it a few times before it registers and locks the car.

Dodgy connections? Lock?

Thanks

[bmouthboyo]

To add detail when I turn the key to lock the when it doesn't work it does not make the whirring noise, to unlock it never makes that noise. Could it be a faulty connector?

[F17BAD]

Im going to hazzard a guess the door handle is damaged mate

i had the same issuse (or at least similar)  on the lock mech their is a small bit that engages the rest of the mech, this part is on the handle and it snaps, im guessing the cold and the force u may have put on unlocking the car has snapped it, the bit that breaks is about a CM long  and a few mm wide, id whip the handle off and check, and if you have or can get a spare handle try it, (you can easy swap out your lock into the new handle or get a handle off a rear door and go delocked route) either way i think u need a new handle or at least rob the bit off another handle..  but theirs 2 variations of handles and they are a little different to each other meaning the internal bits cant be interchanged... in that case u would have to swap the whole handle (again - u can still put your existing lock barrel in any easily)


hope that makes sense! 

[bmouthboyo]

Ah I think I understand

But isn't it odd that it works intermittently with the locking the car, but not at all unlocking. 

Is it easy to remove the handle?

Thanks

[F17BAD]

yeah its odd, it could be just damaged and not yet fully broken like mine did, the bit i mean is mad eof cast sh!tty metal, nickle plated colour (wish i could show u a pic)

its the bit that hooks to the mech fromthe handle


to remove handle is easy, their is 1 screw on the inner edge of the door, undo this and ease the handle out but dont yank, as this will deffo damage the bit im on about