Astra door wont open

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Fri 20 Jul 2007 20:03
Astra door wont open - Mahooo
Hi,
The passenger door on my wifes Astra is refusing to open. It is a 1998 1.6LS five door. One of the first of the newer shape.
The car just refused to unlock on that door a couple of days ago. I have removed the interior door panel and everything appears to be as the haynes manual describes. Using a meter I can see that the multiplug on the lock unit is getting a signal when the central locking is operated.
It appears to me that the lock unit itself has jammed. The problem is that to remove/replace the lock unit you need to be able to open the door......which I cant.

The door was in constant use as my daughter has her baby seat in the front, so I dont think its a case of the door itself sticking shut. I think it's the lock mechanism......but I could be wrong....

Anyone come across this before? Any advice?

Thanks,
Mark

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Fri 20 Jul 2007 20:20
Astra door wont open - bell boy
any advice?
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>>>>>>>>>>> can only suggest you get vehement with all the waggly bits you can find and see if this shocks it into opening,cant say i would be happy to have to dismantle the thing with a hammer and chissel as the last bit to go is usually the hardest bit to break (baring in mind they are designed as anti burst in an accident)
sorry mate
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Sun 22 Jul 2007 20:58
Astra door wont open - pafosman
Making the assumption that a Corsa and the Astra are the same, I have had a similar problem. The fact that you refer to a connection implies it has central locking, yes? My local dealer merely shrugged and said 'the modules gone' which I believe meant that multiblock thing is shot. It was replaced on the driver's side but months after the fault re-occured. All I did was to reach down into the depths of the passenger door and fiddle about with all the wires. I think that somehow two of the connections had got too close and were shorting across. After I had made sure there was a gap between all the spade connectors ( by feel only) the system has worked OK. Just a word of caution - mine was complicated by the fact that a previous owner had fitted an after market alarm 'on top of' the VX central locking.
Hope this may be of some help? maybe I was just lucky!
Papho
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