Door lock wont!

[Per Lindgren]

Yes, that sounds like the same problem. I couldn't shut the door for a few
times, then it shut again, but only after I puled the outside handle.

What I did today was that I removed the two hex bolts holding the mechanism to
the door, and pulled it a bit from the door. Then I "closed" the door, i.e. the
mechanism, and tried to push the knob. It worked again, I don't know what
happened but this means that I can take it apart some other day and fix it,
haven't really got the time now.

Thanks,

PerL
92 Cab 2.3


Robert Stirrat wrote:

> Per, I had this happen to my 92 80 typeB4 recently, I found it to be the
> silver latch/lock mechanism at the edge of the door, I removed this for
> inspection to find a little spring broken deep inside, I had to replace the
> whole mechanism.  This was quite straight forward to do.  My problem was a
> little different in that I couldn't shit the door let alone lock it, though
> from what you describe I think you have the same failure.
>
> Hope this is of help to you.
>
> Robert.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Per Lindgren [mailto:lindgre at online.no]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2000 2:22 AM
> To: quattro
> Subject: Door lock wont!
>
> Car in question: 92 Cabriolet, type89 (actually a type 8G)
>
> Something happened to the door lock today. I opened the door, and heard
> a loud click noise inside. After this, the door wouldn't shut unless I
> pulled the outer handle, this was 5-6 times. After this, the driver's
> door wont lock. Not with the key (power locks on other door and trunk
> ok) nor when trying to push the knob down.
>
> This is just how it is supposed to be when the door is open, so clearly
> something in the mechanism has failed, so it appears to still be open
> when it is in fact shut. Any BTDT? Hafta go in and check it out
> tomorrow, had to park the car chin to chin with the Squareback so no one
> could open the door, and then climb out the other side.
>
> PerL
> 92 Cab 2.3