Door catch

by **red leo** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 5:22 pm

Driving very slowly down the A2 and the passenger door pops open and will now not close, any ideas on the problem and cure.
The latch will not drop into place.
If I disconnect the electricals will it stay shut on manual?

Now is the winter of our discontent

by **clee** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 5:31 pm

Sounds like it's spun to far round IYSWIM .
Try using a screwdriver shaft to reset it .

by **red leo** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 5:36 pm

Tried that, the retainer comes down behing the shaft but doesn't lock in place :roll:

by **red leo** » Wed Oct 11, 2006 8:30 pm

Well dismantled the mechanism and removed in now locks but I bet when I put it back in it goes wrong, does anyon think it is the solenoid or similar.

by **phildini** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 7:28 am

Dont know if this helps, but when I first got my Alpine none of the electric door releases were working, I took the solenoids out and primed them with a very light lubricant which I use on my bike GT85 the reason for that is because it does not attract dust like WD40. I then tested it and it all worked perfect.