Hello. Any advice on stuck drivers door?

[Tizzy]

Hi, having just acquired a 1989 2.7 944 Lux as a "Project Car” to keep me out of the pub, I’ve just joined PCGB (again, as I was a member in the past when I was fortunate enough to own new Porsche’s) and am saying hello.

I’m having the bodywork on my car checked over as it looks like it will soon need sills. Carrington Porsche near Nottingham are arranging this and the belts changed / engine service etc. Other more minor works I’ll aim to do myself.

The drivers door door remains stubbornly stuck closed however. I’ve tried all the usual things such as lubing locks inside and out, checking the central locking fuse etc. Electrically the car is all good, so i think the issue is mechanical. Symptoms are that the lever within the outer door handle isn’t springing back. The inner door handle works and is audibly moving the lock but not releasing it. The top of the door button doesn’t seem to be moving up or down. I appreciate this is probably going over many old posts so apologies for that. But any help or guidance or pointing to the relevant prior post would be very much appreciated.

Many thanks

Chris

 

[white944]

You need to make sure the 'trigger' on the door handle is in the fully released position, it should then unlock.

 

[Tizzy]

Thanks - by "trigger” do you mean the inner moving piece on the inside of the exterior door handle? If so it is feeling like whatever makes it spring back into the deployed position isn’t working .

many thanks

Chris

 

[zcacogp]

Certainly sounds like something is not setting into position as it should be. Have you tried locking and unlocking it on the key to move stuff around?

I'm with the door trigger suggestion. Can you try flicking it back into position with your fingers?


Oli.

 

[Tizzy]

Thanks - yes key goes in but lock won’t turn at all. Trigger feels disconnected.

i would remove the door panel but there’s no way you can easily do this with the door closed.

Chris

 

[zcacogp]

Tizzy,

Hmmm. It is not unknown for bits of the mechanism inside the door to break. I fear that taking that door panel off may be the best option, although it will be a tricky job. Can you get the seat out and thus gain better access?


Oli.

 

[vitesse]

Even if you can't access the top screws,you should be able to spring out the bottom plastic clips ,etc & get something to the latch mechanism to open the door.