VXR8 rear door not locking (intermittent)

[mik_ok]

A few times recently the rear offside door has taken two attempts on the plipper to unlock it. No great shakes.

Parked it at the start of the week however, locked it up, and as I walked away I absent mindedly tugged on the rear door handle. Which opened the door.

Took 3 attempts to get it to lock.

So intermittent sticky unlocking also = intermittent sticky locking. Who'd have thought?

Door card off today - couldn't find a guide, but I had Gary's "the whole interior just pops apart" ringing in my ears, so it proved to be very intuitive thankfully. This allowed access for liberal application of WD-40 on the slidey and whirly bits. Spraying whilst excercising left the whole mechanism feeling loads smoother, and it now appears to be working 100%.

Since I was in there anyway I stuck on a few strips of p1k3y-dynamat (roof flashing tape ) on the inside of the door skin so it felt like I'd spent 30mins upgrading rather than just repairing.

Word of warning though - don't ignore it if yours starts sticking on the unlock.... I must have left my car unlocked several times.

Edited by mik_ok on Saturday 20th October 20:23

Edited by mik_ok on Saturday 20th October 20:25

[Tattooboy]

at least it sounds like the issue has been fixed...........fingers crossed

[KMud]

WD-40 isn't best for locking/latching mechanisms, try a Teflon/PTFE/3 in 1 or graphite type lube.

Edited by KMud on Saturday 20th October 20:41

[mik_ok]

Agreed K-Mud - it was all I had available at the time however.

[Gary H 2008]

Glad you sorted it

[MattyB_]

Mik...I appear to have lost your address. Remind me where you live again?

[ARAF]

GT85 bike lube is PTFE, isn't it?

[jon1bc]

Thanks for sharing. Nice to know it's a reasonably simple fix if it ever happens