Door Locks

[LeeroyJ]

There is no lock button on the front passenger door. They may have forgotten to connect the wire for the drivers door lock.

Has anyone looked at the passenger door to see if the wiring is there to install a door unlock button in place of that blank?

 

[TelRidan]

Has anyone looked at the passenger door to see if the wiring is there to install a door unlock button in place of that blank?

I asked the dealer last week when I was in for some maintenance. They assured me there was no wiring there behind the blank. Don't know if I believe it though. It's pretty easy to remove the door card to check. I did it on the driver's side when they forgot to plug the switch back in after the door lock recall exchange. I'll probably check on that this weekend.

 

[LeeroyJ]

I asked the dealer last week when I was in for some maintenance. They assured me there was no wiring there behind the blank. Don't know if I believe it though. It's pretty easy to remove the door card to check. I did it on the driver's side when they forgot to plug the switch back in after the door lock recall exchange. I'll probably check on that this weekend.

Thanks, will be interested to learn what you discover.

I'm not sure about Ineos, but for other manufacturers' factories that I've been to, doors have been one area of the assembly line that is still largely manual (i.e. the speakers, wiring harnesses, locking mechanisms, etc. are done by humans rather than robot arms). So that might explain some of disparity in how often the buttons get stuck?

 

[Big Bertha]

Just wanted to add that I had the exact same problem with my car “Big Bertha”. The rear LH door button stuck in. On the first occasion, the car was locked, then broken into, stuff stolen. I guessed wrong that the car electronics had been over-ridden! But no the rear button then stuck in a second time and the door swung fully open on a country road. FFS The dealer had a replacement door handle ordered. This month, the dealer has me 20th in line for a recall of all four handles. Not impressed.

 

[TelRidan]

Just wanted to add that I had the exact same problem with my car “Big Bertha”. The rear LH door button stuck in. On the first occasion, the car was locked, then broken into, stuff stolen. I guessed wrong that the car electronics had been over-ridden! But no the rear button then stuck in a second time and the door swung fully open on a country road. FFS The dealer had a replacement door handle ordered. This month, the dealer has me 20th in line for a recall of all four handles. Not impressed.

My rear driver's side door started sticking AFTER the recall work was done. Turned out that the tech had installed an O-ring incorrectly on the back end of the button and it was getting caught. Unfortunately it took the more experienced service manager at the dealership to figure it out so it took them an extra day or so to resolve it. At least it's not sticking anymore.