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Vectra door kaput

castle96
castle96 Posts: 3,045 Forumite
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2008. Driver's Door will not open from inside. Rest Ok incl c/locking. Have to wizz window down and reach to o/side handle.
Something has come adrift ?
How to get to the 'inside' of door to have a look ???/ There are no screws to be seen holding the 'card' to the door. How ??????

MOT due in 6 days. Assume this will be a failure ??

I bet a garage will charge a £££££ to sort his

Any info or ideas appreciated

thanks

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  • Norman_Castle
    Norman_Castle Posts: 11,871 Forumite
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    Most door panels are fixed by push in studs. Remove everything screwed to the door through the panel then try levering the panel away from the door. Start at the bottom.
  • Wow, Google is amazing. Search for 'Vectra C door card removal' and the first link is:
    https://www.vectra-c.com/forum/uploader/pics/pics1/00202035.pdf
  • Inner_Zone
    Inner_Zone Posts: 2,856 Forumite
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    edited 28 December 2016 at 12:32PM
    You cant find the three screws which are not hidden at the bottom of the door! Better get it booked in then.
  • castle96
    castle96 Posts: 3,045 Forumite
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    After looking at the tutorials, etc.....Just booked it in ! Fiddled and forced for hours once on a Disco. Getting too old for the aggro, so will pay
  • facade
    facade Posts: 7,969 Forumite
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    You will probably find that some expensive plastic piece has broken off inside anyway.

    Bit late now, but on my [STRIKE]Renault[/STRIKE] Nissan there is a known problem with the child safety lock activating on the front door.

    All Renault did to make a rear lock into a front one was miss out the little arm that you flick to set the child lock, leaving the rest of the works to sometimes set itself when you slam the door. It can be reset by fiddling from the outside.
    I want to go back to The Olden Days, when every single thing that I can think of was better.....

    (except air quality and Medical Science ;))
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