Technical Door not opening from inside

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Technical Door not opening from inside

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Our 2004 Active AC has decided to chuck a wee problem my way. Door mirror on the passenger side broke, changed this and had to remove the door card.

Put it all back together and all seems fine. Sister then said you can open the door from the outside, but not the inside. I think to myself perhaps I didn't reconnect the internal cable within the door which connects the lock to the handle.

However the door will unlock when pulling the handle (after drive lock as kicked in), just not open. So is this more likely to be a failed lock mechanism :confused:
 
Did you remove the cable from the inside handle? If not then it can happen that the cable is unclipped itself if the handle was dangling as did happen to me, it is quite fiddly to fit it back in its plastic clip; I had to do it twice as the first time I refitted it I hadn't pushed the cable far enough home to click into its housing and it pulled itself back out first time I tried opening it from the inside lol :mad:
 
Did you remove the cable from the inside handle? If not then it can happen that the cable is unclipped itself if the handle was dangling as did happen to me, it is quite fiddly to fit it back in its plastic clip; I had to do it twice as the first time I refitted it I hadn't pushed the cable far enough home to click into its housing and it pulled itself back out first time I tried opening it from the inside lol :mad:

The cable was removed, but reconnected, must be still as the door unlocks from the inside when pulling the handle, but doesn't release the actual door.
 
Afternoon.

After seraching loads of threads! this is the same as what i have.

Drivers door internal handle will not open the actual door, but will unlock the door if locked etc. i know the last owner had the door card off to fit a new electric window mech and glass, so im thinking this might not have been clipped back on right.

Couple of questions if you could help us please!

1. never removed a Stilo door card and do not want to force and snapp the clips and tips?

2.anyone have a photo so i have a head start at what im going to expect when looking inside at the lock. (can i see the problem straight away?.

Im away in North Wales till tomorrow, itsd the second thing to go wrong first is my bottom intercooler hose had split (wrapped a stella can and a roll of duck and insulation tape on it) seems to be holding until my new pipe arrives.

As always nice to find a thread instead of starting a new one.

Cheers

Paul(y)
 

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