Octavia door won't open

[Bryan]

This is a bit of a strange one. The passenger rear door on my Octavia has stopped opening all of a sudden today. I think the central locking motor has packed in preventing the door from opening however the child lock is also on to prevent my son from opening it so it will not open from the interior door handle either.

Anyone have any ideas??

 

[Mark_D]

It's a common problem, try locking and unlocking the car lots of times, pushing against the door at the same time. The lock disengages the handles and some times they stick. A bit of gentle banging may help.

 

[hannakournikova]

There is a little micro switch that shats itself. Can be repaired once you take it apart. Opened mine the other week with a crowbar. No joke.

 

[Bryan]

I had a better look at it today - was able to remove the interior door panel after removing the seat base. Once that was off though this is what I was left with. All the rivets had to be drilled out to remove that panel and the window motor had to come off as well!

After all that I was able to get the door open. The bowden cable had disconnected itself from the handle. I don't have a long torx screwdriver though so I was unable to get the handle off to see if it is actually broken or what.

The locking motor seems to be working fine though.

 

[Paul RS]

Those cables have a plastic part with a serrated edge on them that fits into the handle section IIRC. They are just an interference fit, so it may have just popped out?

 

[tomah]

My drivers door started playing up the other day with the remote central locking. Always locking, but not always unlocking. When I did a bit of research I realised that my headlight buzzer and drivers puddle light also weren't working, which is connected to the same door mechanism.

I thought about soldering it, but ended up ordering a full mechanism pattern part from ebay for £40. It just arrived today, so I still have to get it fitted.

 

[Bryan]

Good luck... if it's anything like the back doors it'll be a right pain in the ass!!

 

[Ge0rge]

Just got an 08 skoda and the drivers door will not open, I've only had it a day and I'm fed up already climbing in and out the passenger side. I'm guessing this is a common fault though I only got it so don't know the full story, it's too late the night to get at so it would be nice to go out in the morning armed with some knowledge of previous experience before I let rip with the grinder to the inside of the door.

 

[Brennan]

@veedubnoodle

 

[Darren91]

@pobmk4 loves door locks

 

[Ge0rge]

Was gonna tackle this today, anyone any tips/advice about getting the door card off inside the drivers door without opening it? Or is it a case of just ripping it to bits and gettin a new door card?

 

[Mark King]

Was gonna tackle this today, anyone any tips/advice about getting the door card off inside the drivers door without opening it? Or is it a case of just ripping it to bits and gettin a new door card?

angle grinder?

 

[Ge0rge]

angle grinder?

I'm hokin out the extension cable right now and gonna blow the dust off it.

 

[Coog]

Might give yourself more space if you pulled the seat out?

 

[Steve]

You could try the few things mentioned here - Help required removing door lock - Skoda Octavia I

 

[Ge0rge]

Tried that link cheers, il leave it for today then just rip it off tomorrow one way or the other tomorrow when I have more time.

 

[Ge0rge]

Right well I used these to ever so gently pry the door card apart.......

Then.....

And finally got to the lock, I just pushed up the Wee bit of plastic I'm pointing too while pulling at the door cable and it opened, also the door seems to be working fine now locks and unlocks and opens with the handle.

And now left with this

So now has anyone any idea what might be up with the window I really need it up to get the car cleaned, none of the switches on the drivers side work (Windows and mirrors) work but the electric window on the passenger side works fine from passenger side switch but not the drivers side, I've tried the rubber boot between door and body and the wires seem fine, I've checked all fuses at the side of the dash and they seem fine....

 

[Ge0rge]

Also the carpet is wet in places like passenge side dont know if that's maybe related going by some Google results ?

 

[mckeown]

are you getting power into the switches?

 

[Ge0rge]

I'm not sure, I'm gonna check later, you thinkin maybe the switch is faulty? I was thinkin maybe the wiring was damaged somewhere but can't see any visible damage

 

[mckeown]

switch would be my first port of call, but you would need to make sure theres power going into the switch.

 

[Ge0rge]

switch would be my first port of call, but you would need to make sure theres power going into the switch.

Il go check now but the electric mirrors don't work either

 

[mckeown]

do they not tail off the one switch though? if the switch is mullered testing for power into it will let you identify that.

 

[Ge0rge]

No they are separate switches running from the same loom

 

[veedubnoodle]

Have you pulled the multiplug off the window regulator? They have a habit of corroding causing all sorts of issues...