Door not opening

[McNasty]

Can anyone help me please?
my drivers door release from the button under the mirror seems to be some what lazy. I need to press the button 6 or 7 times before the door will open.
the motor or actuator or what ever it is called seems to be working ok but the door doesn't pop open. Could any one advise what may be the problem here.
Thanks in advance.
Andy

[jonbarrett]

Same problem, fixed with a new switch. I'm planning on posting pictures of the repair soon.

[dirty boy]

jonbarrett said:

Same problem, fixed with a new switch. I'm planning on posting pictures of the repair soon.

I've noticed mine's getting a bit sticky, need to push it with a bit of effort, will it 'lube' up or something, or is it definately a new switch job?

[McNasty]

Thanks guys, however the switch seems to be working fine as you can hear the door mechanism working and the window always comes down the couple of inches required to miss the front pillar. how does the door mechanism actually work? it does not sound any different when it actualy pops the door open. i would not have thought that this was switch related unless the switch has more than one circuit to it, does it?

[Marian]

McNasty said:

Thanks guys, however the switch seems to be working fine as you can hear the door mechanism working and the window always comes down the couple of inches required to miss the front pillar. how does the door mechanism actually work? it does not sound any different when it actualy pops the door open. i would not have thought that this was switch related unless the switch has more than one circuit to it, does it?

I had this early into my ownership, if you take off the panel that hides the seatbelt you will find a nut that you can adjust(by hand) just adjust that till the door opens

Here is the spot on advice I received from SlvrCrb when this was happening to me.

Remove the trim behind the seat, where the seat belt enters. Towards the back of the recess and down a bit there's a piece of studding (3-4mm) coming through the door opening solenoid unit. Usually the nut has moved up slightly on the studding and this in turn stops the door opening, but you get the clicking. Screw the nut a bit further down the studding until you find the point where the door opens again.

Edited by Marian on Saturday 4th April 12:04

[McNasty]

Marian said:

McNasty said:

Thanks guys, however the switch seems to be working fine as you can hear the door mechanism working and the window always comes down the couple of inches required to miss the front pillar. how does the door mechanism actually work? it does not sound any different when it actualy pops the door open. i would not have thought that this was switch related unless the switch has more than one circuit to it, does it?

I had this early into my ownership, if you take off the panel that hides the seatbelt you will find a nut that you can adjust(by hand) just adjust that till the door opens

Here is the spot on advice I received from SlvrCrb when this was happening to me.

Remove the trim behind the seat, where the seat belt enters. Towards the back of the recess and down a bit there's a piece of studding (3-4mm) coming through the door opening solenoid unit. Usually the nut has moved up slightly on the studding and this in turn stops the door opening, but you get the clicking. Screw the nut a bit further down the studding until you find the point where the door opens again.

Edited by Marian on Saturday 4th April 12:04

Marian, thanks a lot for this, have not tried it yet but it sounds just like the ticket.
thanks again