Gentlemen,
Firstly, apologies for cross-posting but it is rather urgent.
My driver-door, that obviously gets the most use, has started playing up. It
unlocks on the remote but when the handle is lifted it does not release the
latch. Started as an occasional problem but it’s getting worse. Today, I
left the car running and got out to move my S3 and, then, couldn’t get back
in. Luckily, being at home, I used the spare key to unlock all the doors so
I could get in and reach across to the door handle from the inside.
Would the solution be similar to the S3? Ie, take of the door trim and have
a fiddle with the mechanism from the inside?
All central and remote locking works on the same principles, Fazal -
‘motors’ unlock the mechanism, freeing the door handles to unlatch the door
with the door handles…
Generally, the motors are activated by a control unit in the driver’s door -
which on ‘manual’ systems moves as the door key or paddle, all interlocked
by rods. This induces a brief power pulse to the other doors - the driver’s
door is unlocked mechanically by the key/paddle…
With remote control; the control unit incorporates a motor within the
control unit. As the remote is operated, it powers the driver’s door motor -
and as this ‘moves’ the control unit; the unit then triggers the other
motors. Using the key moves the control unit directly, opening the divers
door and triggers the control unit…
Four avenues; the rod from the driver’s door to the lock is maladjusted or
stuck - not freeing the lock/outside handle. In which case the other doors
should lock/unlock as the driver’s motor actually moves with remote or with
the key (the inside paddle use a different rod). Sort of your symptom…?
Or the motor in the control unit has failed - in which case neither locks
operate with remote, but using the key - triggering the other locks. But if
the rod/control unit connected to the lock mechanism is out of adjustment,
or the unit/motor is loose - the key just moves the rod insufficiently, or
just moves the whole unit in the bracket. However, this is mirroring the
SIII set-up, but with remote introduced on the xj40 the motor control unit
(Kiekert) was incorporated in the a rather compact set-up, needing
lubrication at times - which may be the case for the X-Type…
Or the control unit has failed - in which case the other doors will not
operate, key or remote…
Or the remote has failed (checked its battery?), in which case everything
works normally with the key - but not with the remote…
Of course there could be a combination of faults, but the most likely is
either a maladjusted/stuck rod/mechanism - and removing the door trim for a
peek should reveal something. But the overall symptoms should be verified
first…
Frank
xj6 85 Sov Europe (UK/NZ)-----Original Message-----
From: Fazal Cader
Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2014 4:20 PM
To: X-Type ; XJ List
Subject: [xj] 2001 X-Type door mechanism
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