Re: 5K Interior Door Latch Dead

["Fred Munro" <munrof@isys.ca>]

-----Original Message-----
From: spsherm@ibm.net <spsherm@ibm.net>
Newsgroups: alt.autos.audi
To: munrof <munrof>
Cc: quattro <quattro@coimbra.ans.net>
Date: Saturday, December 05, 1998 9:32 PM
Subject: 5K Interior Door Latch Dead


>The driver's side interior latch just stopped working.  It moves, door
>doesn't open, or even click...  Fortunately the outside latch still
>works and so does the window... but eventually the weather is bound to
>get in the way...
>
>So I was wondering if anyone out there has any suggestions about what to
>try first.  Latch rod disconnected? dead latch?
>
>Any BTDT out there to suggest some things to look at first.
>


Steve;

    From what I recall the interior latch is cable activated. You can pull
the latch handle assembly out of the door by removing the phillips screw -
this is usually hidden under a plastic trim cap. On my car, the cable end
had popped out of the retaining clip (due to moisture in the cable which had
frozen, but that repair is another story). If the problem is not with the
interior handle assembly, you will have to pull the door panel to see what
is going on.

HTH

Fred Munro
'91 200q  263k km