Land Rover Defender Door Lock Problems

The previous owner of the 90 had a new drivers door put on by an untrained monkey that was blind had one arm and is an alcoholic well that is what it looks like.

Land rover defender door lock problems.

As i said though that is with my county 110. I ve got a defender 110 which has recently developed problems with the doors. My 2007 defender tdci s key doesn t turn the driver s door lock one way or another. Also don t rule out the.

For recalls and faults found in the uk scroll down. But before blaming a faulty latch there are a few other points to check which can all affect whether the door shuts flush with the bodywork or fails to latch onto the striker in the door frame or. 320 00 per door plus labor. Luckily the remote fob locks and unlocks the vehicle as it should.

You do not say which defender you have the reason i ask is that my 110 developed an alarm central locking fault and needed the wiring to the rear passenger doors replaced. I am not sure of the defender mechanism but if it is anything like the 110 it could be door positioning from the hinge. I have problems with the window flapping about which i can see how to sort i think. In the following overview you will find the most common problems for the land rover defender for which land rover has announced a recall through the eu rapex system.

The passenger side one doesn t latch shut at all as if it can t quite get close enough in to click into place and the drivers side one latches shut fine but isn t a tight fit. I have had a similar problem where adjustment at the hinge was the fix not at door lock mechanism. This lro reader emailed lro workshop bauermedia co uk to ask our experts why his defender tdci s key won t turn. The only way to open them is reach over and pull the latch.

Seems odd to me that all three doors have to be fixed. The door does shut but is a little proud but will not lock from anywhere.