Doors lock when I open them...

Jutboy · Post by **Jutboy** » Wed May 02, 2007 11:33 pm

I've been having a wierd problem with my passanger door and my rear driver door.....when I open they automatically lock...so you can't open them.....

Please help- Justin

Jutboy · Post by **Jutboy** » Thu May 03, 2007 12:05 am

oh yeah...its a 91 Legacy SS

evolutionmovement · Post by **evolutionmovement** » Thu May 03, 2007 1:08 am

Lock solenoids.

IronMonkeyL255 · Post by **IronMonkeyL255** » Thu May 03, 2007 3:04 am

evolutionmovement wrote:Lock solenoids.

Actually, it's more likely the retainer clip for the inner door handle spring.

my rear driver door was doing the exact same thing, and it turned out that the little plastic piece that holds part of the door handle spring had broken. This let the spring press against the back of the lock button and push it locked. That way you would be forced to hold the lock button down while opening the door from the inside.

Jutboy · Post by **Jutboy** » Thu May 03, 2007 3:09 am

I'll look into testing the seleniods....

so this spring is right behind the actual plastic handle....did you find a way to fix it?

THANK YOU BOTH

mattyg41383 · Post by **mattyg41383** » Thu May 03, 2007 3:39 am

X2 retainer clip + spring. My '90 wagon did the same thing on the LR door

Jutboy · Post by **Jutboy** » Thu May 03, 2007 3:59 am

how do you fix it?

ultrasonic · Post by **ultrasonic** » Thu May 03, 2007 6:33 am

Clip and spring. Mine is doing the same thing, I just have not fixed it yet. Try this...

http://www.geocities.com/hobiegary/locks.html

AWD_addict · Post by **AWD_addict** » Thu May 03, 2007 9:00 am

Orange lock page did the trick for 3 of my doors that were having this problem.

IronMonkeyL255 · Post by **IronMonkeyL255** » Thu May 03, 2007 2:38 pm

Did the same for 2 of my locks.

Thanks for the link. I used that page when I had the problem, but all my links got wiped......

evolutionmovement · Post by **evolutionmovement** » Thu May 03, 2007 3:02 pm

Doh! Forgot about the damn interior lock! I fixed them with a steel pin through the body to do the job of holding the spring. I removed the handle, drilled some holes on each side at approximately the same position that the plastic hook thing had resided and ran a 1/16 rod through, hooking both ends on the outside so the rod wouldn't fall through. The PITA was fitting the spring hook over the rod while trying to slide it across the body. Make sure you set up the rod so that it won't interfere with the handle's operation. Done right it should last the life of the car and be invisible.

Manarius · Post by **Manarius** » Thu May 03, 2007 3:37 pm

I tied mine back with speaker wire using the HobieGary system. Extremely effective.

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Doors lock when I open them...

Doors lock when I open them...