WalesFocus Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 I'm pretty sure the Mrs has broken the mechanism this morning trying to open the door below freezing temps. She refutes this..馃檮 聽 The door latch has absolutely no tension on聽 Neither does the outside handle. So you can't 'reset' the latch and job done. So now the door won't shut or lock Simply bounces straight off. I've attached a video that will hopefully better describe the issue 聽 What tools and parts am I likely to need? As this will most certainly have to be resolved today Many thanks https://youtu.be/vaqb3E5vv0Q Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isetta Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 i can't see the vid but I think it is because IT security where I work (I am at work at the moment) disable a lot of stuff. so when you look at the edge of door like in this pic is the latch in the open or closed position? If the external handle is still in one piece on the outside and moves on it's hinge properly I think it would be harsh to blame your wife. I could understand the blame more if the handle was broken in half. whatever it is, it sounds like the internal door card is needing removal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tasape Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 somtime you just need to re set the latch聽 back to the open/closed position聽 video not available聽 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russ Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 19 hours ago, isetta said: i can't see the vid but I think it is because IT security where I work (I am at work at the moment) disable a lot of stuff. so when you look at the edge of door like in this pic is the latch in the open or closed position? If the external handle is still in one piece on the outside and moves on it's hinge properly I think it would be harsh to blame your wife. I could understand the blame more if the handle was broken in half. whatever it is, it sounds like the internal door card is needing removal Looks like that latch is in the closed position Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tasape Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 i would see if you can move the latch to the open position聽 聽i have had this happen on other cars聽 when ive had the door frozen聽 and all i did was flip the latch聽聽 聽 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isetta Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 Please note the pic is not of the actual car. The pic was put their on the first reply to show whereabouts聽 to look to check Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Micro Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 Internal handle not having any tension maybe the deadlock is on?聽 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wangarai Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 My wife鈥檚 Focus has a similar problem (door not securing & bouncing out);聽it was the lock sticking and not returning to the correct position. A screwdriver could聽be used to manually move the lock into the correct position but this had to be聽done every time. It turned out to be a combination of (cold) temperature and lunrication of the mechanism. I used WD40 Lithium grease (https://www.screwfix.com/p/wd-40-specialist-white-lithium-grease-400ml/46103) and this sorted it out and there have been no issues since (Nov 2016).聽 聽 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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