As the topic suggests, i need to fix the central locking. I've never had a fob but when you open the door with the key, both sides would open.
Last year when we got a little bit of frost, the passenger side stopped working altogether. It's now getting on my tits so i need to do something about it.
I'm looking at getting a new Central locking kit and wondered how easy it is to remove the door cards on these cars to get to the locking mechanism?
Does anyone have a guide to removing the door card with the position of clips and screws?
It will show you all the clips and screws and in what order to take them off
Personally I skip step 1 and remove the bar from the handle while the door card is half off.
Posted: Fri Jan 31, 2014 2:42 pm
by pbryant_knight
Cheers mate, appreciate it.
How hard is it to do? How long does it usually take?
Peter
Posted: Fri Jan 31, 2014 2:44 pm
by Merlin
It is easy. Taking the door card off is a 5 min job.
Posted: Fri Jan 31, 2014 3:17 pm
by pbryant_knight
Cool. Appreciate the help mate. Now i jusrt need it to STOP RAINING!!!!
Peter
Posted: Fri Jan 31, 2014 3:25 pm
by Merlin
Yeah you need it to stop raining as you need the window down to get the door card off.
Posted: Sat Feb 01, 2014 9:29 am
by nick_s
Merlin wrote:Yeah you need it to stop raining as you need the window down to get the door card off.
Useful info but bad news for me. My window mechanism on passenger side is slow as dicks....I assume door card off for maintenance....but the window won't got all the way down....hmm.
Posted: Sat Feb 01, 2014 11:56 am
by wurlycorner
If it's the same as 4th gens, you can get the door card off with the window still up, it's just more shoving/pulling because the top of the door card is wedged between the glass and the inner door skin. Just be careful when you're pulling it about so you don't break anything.
Posted: Sat Feb 01, 2014 12:37 pm
by simoncider
really easy job, and i didn't put the window down to do it.
i got a bit stuck, but then used this guide which was really good...
just make sure you connect everything properly afterwards! i had to go back and take mine out again because i didn't quite connect the heated mirrors button, very annoying!
Posted: Sat Feb 01, 2014 12:48 pm
by Lude-dude
watch the little plastic bits on the rod, they tend to break
