Door key will NOT go in driver's door lock!

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JonFreelander

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Hi all,

I'm new on here.

My wife and I have a Freelander (and a VW Golf Mk3.5 Cabriolet). We only have 1 key fob between us, which my wife has on her keys. I just use the key to unlock and lock it.
Recently, my key has been problematic to only lock the car. Unlocking has been OK. Eventually wiggle the key and it goes in.
Today, I could not get the key in to lock it. So I pushed the internal door button down to see if it would make any movement on the key hole. Now I'm locked out of the car. I will have until my wife gets home to unlock with the key fob.

I had only popped home for my lunch, luckily work is not too far away and got back by other means.

Has anybody else had problems with not being able to get the key in the drivers door lock? The round outer plate which the key goes through looks loose. Also no passenger door key hole which is not useful.


I think it will need more than WD40. I cannot get in the hole anyway to put WD40 in.
Unfortunately, the tailgate door, the key goes in and turns but it does not unlock. Not sure why this is not unlocking. It never has done with the key, just the keyfob.

I'm in the South East, so could anybody recommend someone to look at the lock if need be?

Anybody help please on our Freelander?

Thanks
Jon
 
Check the little silver dusk mask has got wedged into the lock. The little spring had come off mine - and couldn't get the key in. Thought the lock was buggered.

I had them same problem if its that. Back of door off job - it detail in the Haynes pretty well.

Out should be able to fix it from there.
 
JonFreelander said:
Hi all,

I'm new on here.

My wife and I have a Freelander (and a VW Golf Mk3.5 Cabriolet). We only have 1 key fob between us, which my wife has on her keys. I just use the key to unlock and lock it.
Recently, my key has been problematic to only lock the car. Unlocking has been OK. Eventually wiggle the key and it goes in.
Today, I could not get the key in to lock it. So I pushed the internal door button down to see if it would make any movement on the key hole. Now I'm locked out of the car. I will have until my wife gets home to unlock with the key fob.

I had only popped home for my lunch, luckily work is not too far away and got back by other means.

Has anybody else had problems with not being able to get the key in the drivers door lock? The round outer plate which the key goes through looks loose. Also no passenger door key hole which is not useful.


I think it will need more than WD40. I cannot get in the hole anyway to put WD40 in.
Unfortunately, the tailgate door, the key goes in and turns but it does not unlock. Not sure why this is not unlocking. It never has done with the key, just the keyfob.

I'm in the South East, so could anybody recommend someone to look at the lock if need be?

Anybody help please on our Freelander?

Thanks
Jon
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The tailgate door doesn't open with the key, only with the remote or with the general button inside the car. The keyhole in the tailgate is to lower the rear window with the key from outside (or else you can keep the "open" button on the remote keyfob pushed for some seconds, that will also have the window lowered).
 
willo said:
The tailgate door doesn't open with the key, only with the remote or with the general button inside the car. The keyhole in the tailgate is to lower the rear window with the key from outside (or else you can keep the "open" button on the remote keyfob pushed for some seconds, that will also have the window lowered).
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Tail door lock RAISES the window, incidently, all freelander keys fit all tail door locks!!!
 
clutchdust said:
Tail door lock RAISES the window, incidently, all freelander keys fit all tail door locks!!!
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Stupid me, of course, pushing the knob lowers it and with the key you can wind it up again. Sorry sorry sorry :eek: :eek: :eek: and many thanks clutch.:) :)
 
Hi,
Does anyone know of anybody in Sussex area that could look at this please? Don't fancy main dealer prices.
They've already told me it will cost £45 for half hours labour to diagnose the problem and then it is up to me if I want them to fix it. £45 to tell me something that I already know, that can't get the key in the driver's door lock.

Anybody recommend someone to fix this, so that I can use our key to lock and unlock our Freelander???

Thanks
Jon
 
I would say that it was more than WD40. The key won't go past the 'dust shield', if that is the right word. The metal flap that sits in the keyhole, as you put the key in won't move properly.
 
bonnybrook said:
Check the little silver dusk mask has got wedged into the lock. The little spring had come off mine - and couldn't get the key in. Thought the lock was buggered.

I had them same problem if its that. Back of door off job - it detail in the Haynes pretty well.

Out should be able to fix it from there.
Click to expand...

Going to probably do it this way.
Need to get buy or get hold of a Haynes manual.
Thanks Bonnybrook.

Jon
 
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