You have to wonder about the engineering though behind a vehicle's design with that sort of an issue.
On Wed, Dec 25, 2013 at 8:28 PM, Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com> wrote: > I guess you didn't realize that in my case the door wasn't locked and we > couldn't get out from inside. > > This is an interesting subject because about half the replies when people > ask questions about the problem include "lubricate the lock from outside" > but as I mentioned below there isn't a lock cylinder on the passenger side. > > So the door thinks its locked even when it isn't, like in my case > yesterday. One of the things I dislike about the VW is that if the door is > locked the inside door handles don't work, you need to unlock, then open > the door. > > -Curt > > Date: Wed, 25 Dec 2013 18:53:29 -0500 > From: Andrew Strasfogel <astrasfo...@gmail.com> > To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Christmas day repair... > Message-ID: > <CAC35L=t9ebq9di6kmjzbi9a9-7ajko284dgk-zax9u9tdqe...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > My 83 300TD always freezes up, so I just pour hot water on the handle > and/or the key. Not sure what I would do if there were no eau chaud > around... > > > On Wed, Dec 25, 2013 at 5:02 PM, Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com> > wrote: > > > Happy non-denominational friendship day to all of you. ;) > > > > Last night returning home from Christmas Eve with Angie's family we > > noticed the passenger door on the Jetta closed kinda funny upon arriving > > home the dammed thing wouldn't open! Angie had to climb out the driver's > > side. The passenger rear door has been weird since I've owned it but I've > > kind of ignored it as we don't need it that often. The lock button > doesn't > > go up and down more than maybe 1/8" and the door is hard to open. > > > > Today we took the 190D to see family. > > > > So this afternoon I Googled around a little and this is apparently a very > > common issue on these cars. Whats happening is the locking mech gets > stuck > > so the door thinks its locked. I heated up the door handle area a little > > with a hair dryer and it opened but was kind of sticky. Its cold today, > 16F > > for the high, but it was VERY warm last weekend, in the 50s and rainy. > > > > I pulled the door panel off and sprayed the lock (no external lock > > cylinder on the passenger door on this car) and components with cable > lube. > > I wanted something that would stay thin and not attract dirt and the can > > was close to hand. Reassembled and it works fine. We'll see how it does > in > > the next freeze/thaw cycle. My research indicates I may have to pull the > > whole lock assembly and clean/lubricate to really cure the problem. > > > > It was so cold I'd had enough fun and decided to not tackle the rear > door, > > I'll wait for a warmer day in say June. ;) > > > > -Curt > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
