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Thread Author: Badwolf Replies: 5

 Renault Megane II - 03 1.6 N/S/R door won't open - Badwolf
Hello all,

My wife borrowed my car to go Christmas shopping with her mum and our daughter as her dinky little Fiat 500 was too small.

On Sunday morning I got a call from her saying that the N/S/R door would not lock with the rest of the doors. She tried with the remote fob, and also with the key. When she got back on Sunday evening, I faffed around with the mechanism and sprayed it liberally with WD40 eventually getting the door to lock. But then it wouldn't open again when the car was unlocked, not even from the inside. Turns out that the current Mrs B had engaged the childlocks in an attempt to get the door to lock.

Any bright ideas how to resolve the issue? I don't actually need the door as more often that not there's just me in the car, but I'm fairly sure that it won't pass an MoT in this condition.

As always, thanks in advance.
 Renault Megane II - 03 1.6 N/S/R door won't open - Victorbox
I've heard several fixes from pulling both exterior and interior handles at same time while operating the remote, to tweaking/squeezing the rubber tubing where the wiring runs from B pillar to rear door whilst operating remote. You should be able to see tubing with front door open. Trouble is at this stage you don't know if central locking mechanism has failed or a wire to the rear door.
 Renault Megane II - 03 1.6 N/S/R door won't open - VxFan
>> but I'm fairly sure that it won't pass an MoT in this condition.

You're right.

www.motuk.co.uk/manual_620.htm

Method of Inspection
Doors
1. Open and close the driver’s and passenger’s doors. Check that:

a. each door latches securely in the closed position
b. the driver’s and front passenger doors can be opened from both inside and outside the vehicle
c. any other passenger doors can be opened from outside the vehicle.

Reason for rejection
1.
a. A driver’s or any passenger’s door does not latch securely in the closed position
b. a driver’s or front passenger’s door cannot be opened from both inside and outside the vehicle using the relevant control in each case
c. a passenger door cannot be opened from outside the vehicle using the relevant control.


Ultimately you're going to have to remove the door card to see what's going on with the mechanism.
 Renault Megane II - 03 1.6 N/S/R door won't open - -
Indeed it does sound like the door card is going to have to come off one way or another, i've never liked these modern central locking systems where the lock isn't automatically overidden by operating the interior handle as on older designs, potential for being trapped.

Hopefully you can get the card off without destroying it.
 Renault Megane II - 03 1.6 N/S/R door won't open - carmalade
On the Megane models ,it is possible to lift the top part of the door card to gain access to the lock unit.Remove the interior door open handle trim (1 torx screw).Clip out the door grab handle trim,and undo 2 torx screws.The top part of the door trim will then hinge upwards.Needs a good tug.hth
 Renault Megane II - 03 1.6 N/S/R door won't open - Badwolf
I've tried all over the above, but to no avail. Thanks for the assistance, but it looks like I'm about to be parted with more of my hard-earned thanks to this heap of crud...
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