Front door deperado seeks help
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New to the Forum so bear with me.
We have a 2012 seat leon which we bought fairly recently. I was doing the front brakes when I noticed that the front door barrel was loose. I asked my wife and she says 'it's always been like that .Smashing. Investigated and found that the retaining ring had fallen off and set about removing door card,handle etc. Reassembed everything back as it was ( No it isn't) ,closed the door and .....nothing. Handle didn't work,internal handle didn't work.....Nothing.Thought I must have missed something or something's came off when putting the panel back on. So I set about trying to take all the fixings back out via inside the car and managed all but one of the lower screws. So I lowered the window to get at it from outside . Managed it, and tried to remove the panel. Realised that I couldn't because the cleats can be moved far enough away from the door at the dashboard.So tried to put the window back up ,but now it won't go all the way up. stops halfway because something has moved and must be jamming it. So because I cannot get the glass out of the way I cannot get to the handle mech to try and manually move the latch wire. Kinda f'kd really
Can anyone give me some pointers as to how I can get out of this mess ? Is there another way to open the door so I can get the panel off ?
Cheers
Davie
We have a 2012 seat leon which we bought fairly recently. I was doing the front brakes when I noticed that the front door barrel was loose. I asked my wife and she says 'it's always been like that .Smashing. Investigated and found that the retaining ring had fallen off and set about removing door card,handle etc. Reassembed everything back as it was ( No it isn't) ,closed the door and .....nothing. Handle didn't work,internal handle didn't work.....Nothing.Thought I must have missed something or something's came off when putting the panel back on. So I set about trying to take all the fixings back out via inside the car and managed all but one of the lower screws. So I lowered the window to get at it from outside . Managed it, and tried to remove the panel. Realised that I couldn't because the cleats can be moved far enough away from the door at the dashboard.So tried to put the window back up ,but now it won't go all the way up. stops halfway because something has moved and must be jamming it. So because I cannot get the glass out of the way I cannot get to the handle mech to try and manually move the latch wire. Kinda f'kd really
Can anyone give me some pointers as to how I can get out of this mess ? Is there another way to open the door so I can get the panel off ?
Cheers
Davie
I think you need to find a part of the manual release mechanism that you can hook something onto to operate it.
I have no idea what the inside of that door looks like. If you don't either, taking the card off the opposite door would give you a chance to study the problem to see what your options are.
I have no idea what the inside of that door looks like. If you don't either, taking the card off the opposite door would give you a chance to study the problem to see what your options are.
Thanks for the replies !
I managed to get the panel off by bowing it and levering from the pillar side. Turns out the small cable catch had freed itself in the process of fitting the panel. I reattached it and checked it was working and refitted the panel. The inside catch works fine and so does the handle,UNTIL I use the central locking, then only the inside handle works the outside handle does nothing. I can get in by holding the unlock button down until the windows open and then reach in and use the inside handle,but it's hardly ideal. Any ideas as to why the central locking is doing this? It all worked fine before I started fannying with the loose door cylinder,so it must be something I've done no doubt.
Cheers in advance
Davie
I managed to get the panel off by bowing it and levering from the pillar side. Turns out the small cable catch had freed itself in the process of fitting the panel. I reattached it and checked it was working and refitted the panel. The inside catch works fine and so does the handle,UNTIL I use the central locking, then only the inside handle works the outside handle does nothing. I can get in by holding the unlock button down until the windows open and then reach in and use the inside handle,but it's hardly ideal. Any ideas as to why the central locking is doing this? It all worked fine before I started fannying with the loose door cylinder,so it must be something I've done no doubt.
Cheers in advance
Davie
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