406 estate door lock jamming
Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2018 5:17 pm
Hello All, I'm new to this forum. The problem with my 406 estate is unexpected and this is why: My car was broken into by someone who didn't want to break glass, so they grabbed the top of the driver's door and yanked. The upper part of the doorframe is very strong, but it bent out about 6", enough to get a hand in and open the door. Surprisingly, the door glass didn't break. After a lot of pulling the frame inwards I managed to move it about 10mm, just enough to get the glass down. Trying to straighten the frame was incredibly hard. Eventually, with the help of a 7 foot lever, I managed to get it to its original position, but there are, of course, a couple of nasty little kinks towards the base of the frame front and rear. The door closes fine, though and apart from slightly increased wind noise at speed, everything seems OK. However, after I'd repaired the door, I went for a test drive, forgetting I had removed the plastic weather guard which clips into the doorframe at the base of the window. Needless to say, it blew off and I couldn't find it anywhere along the road I'd travelled.
This was a few weeks ago and with Christmas and NY getting in the way, I forgot about the strip. It's been raining heavily where I live, but I wasn't worried, as the door has ample drainholes. However, after working fine till now, the lock won't work at all. The key goes in fine, but as I turn it anti-clockwise to unlock, it goes about 10mm then seems to come up against something hard and refuses to go any further.
The key plip thing stopped working ages ago and I've just left like that, after trying for ages to get it to work. It's not a big problem to me.
The front passenger door lock accepts the key and there's a click from all the locks, but then it just clicks again and opens the car up. This means that, apart from the door at the back of this Estate, I have to leave the poor old chap unlocked. Not great.
So what I'd greatly appreciate is some advice about my lock problems and also to know if anyone has a spare window rain guard that I can purchase.
Thanks in advance.
Rick.
This was a few weeks ago and with Christmas and NY getting in the way, I forgot about the strip. It's been raining heavily where I live, but I wasn't worried, as the door has ample drainholes. However, after working fine till now, the lock won't work at all. The key goes in fine, but as I turn it anti-clockwise to unlock, it goes about 10mm then seems to come up against something hard and refuses to go any further.
The key plip thing stopped working ages ago and I've just left like that, after trying for ages to get it to work. It's not a big problem to me.
The front passenger door lock accepts the key and there's a click from all the locks, but then it just clicks again and opens the car up. This means that, apart from the door at the back of this Estate, I have to leave the poor old chap unlocked. Not great.
So what I'd greatly appreciate is some advice about my lock problems and also to know if anyone has a spare window rain guard that I can purchase.
Thanks in advance.
Rick.