flakey rear door lock - Land Rovers Only

jhloucks · 10-02-2007, 11:11 PM

About three weeks ago I went to put something in the rear cargo area of my 2000 Disco2 and couldn't get the door to unlatch. It felt like it was still locked. I crawled in through the back passenger door and tried to open it from the inside with no luck. I tried it again about a week latter and it opened fine. The only thing that I can think of that I had done differently was the day before I had driven about 15 miles on a very rough dirt road.
Today I tried to open the back door and it did the same thing again, it feels like the lock isn't releasing.
Is this a common problem, and if so is there a simple fix (other than replacing the lock mechanism)??

Disco Mike · 10-03-2007, 06:51 AM

Pretty common.
Remove the rear Rover emblym from off of the handle area, hose it out good and use a little WD40 on the moving parts and you will be fine until it gets dirty again.
Mike

jhloucks · 10-03-2007, 09:48 AM

Thanks Mike. This is a perfect example of the value of this type of web site.

10-02-2007, 11:11 PM	#1 (permalink)
jhloucks Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Saskatoon, Sk. Canada Posts: 7 Gallery: 0	flakey rear door lock About three weeks ago I went to put something in the rear cargo area of my 2000 Disco2 and couldn't get the door to unlatch. It felt like it was still locked. I crawled in through the back passenger door and tried to open it from the inside with no luck. I tried it again about a week latter and it opened fine. The only thing that I can think of that I had done differently was the day before I had driven about 15 miles on a very rough dirt road. Today I tried to open the back door and it did the same thing again, it feels like the lock isn't releasing. Is this a common problem, and if so is there a simple fix (other than replacing the lock mechanism)??

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10-03-2007, 06:51 AM	#2 (permalink)
Disco Mike Moderator Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Parker, Colorado Posts: 5,771 Gallery: 0	Pretty common. Remove the rear Rover emblym from off of the handle area, hose it out good and use a little WD40 on the moving parts and you will be fine until it gets dirty again. Mike

10-03-2007, 09:48 AM	#3 (permalink)
jhloucks Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Saskatoon, Sk. Canada Posts: 7 Gallery: 0	Thanks Mike. This is a perfect example of the value of this type of web site.

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