Side door problem,help needed.

[Grim up North]

I can't get my side door open,the button moves up and down off the key but door is firmly shut,i have tried to remove the side panel on the door,but cnnot get the handle off to totally remove the panel.Does anyone have any ideas what i should be looking for in the door mechanisms and how do i get the inside handle off ?

[daveblueozzie]

some times a good couple of thump's, inside, low down centre of the door will free the mechanism.
the handle is held on with a circlip.

[Grim up North]

Thanks,my mate thought it might be a circlip,but at midnight last and after 8 pints it had us stumped !

[dobby]

Its quite a solid thwump that is needed as DBO says, 1/3 up in the middle from the inside it should then buzz, whirr and click as normal.

Did you have a flat battery as that's the usual reason.

[Grim up North]

No battery is fine,is this likely to be an electrical or complicated part problem or more of a summat dropped off and re attach problem ?

[bongolow]

No battery is fine,is this likely to be an electrical or complicated part problem or more of a summat dropped off and re attach problem ?

No, it's just seized up, lack of lubrication - happened to me (my Bongo I mean.. ). There is a lever/cam arrangement that operates, via a bowden cable, a catch on the back edge of the door. You can get at it without removing the door handle (I couldn't figure out how to remove it either..!). I used a walking pole - just poke about on anything that looks like a lever/cam and it will give - don't use your fingers!

When it's working , spray everything in sight with WD40 or silicon. Worked for me and it's been over two years without any more trouble.

[Grim up North]

Thanks.i have tried the thumping bit,with no joy,later on today i shall try poking about with a stick,this is my kinda mechanics

[lpgimports]

Hi

To get the handle off.

Insider trade only information here

You need a 12inch length of soft cloth about an inch wide and a couple of thin flat head screwdrivers.

Slide screwdriver in behind handle at the side nearest the passenger seat but in front of the clear plastic spacer then angle screwdriver so as a space between spacer and handle is created 1/8 inch or so is fine, then slide the middle of the length of the material into this gap and and take one end up over the handle and down the other side wiggle the material back and forth till it drops in behind the handle and in front of the spacer, then hold firm pressure downwards on each end of the material and move it back and forth it will catch on the spring clip and pop it off and then you should be able to gently pull the handle off.

Paul

[Alison01326]

Did you hit it hard enough. You really do need to give it the sort of whack that would probably dent the Bongo if you did it on the outside Goes without saying that you do it on the inside

[Grim up North]

Well thanks again to you all,i tried again giving it a clout,this time i meant it [thought of the mother in law] and it worked,i have blasted everything with WD40 and put the panel back on and it works a treat