The passenger side back door is not responding to the central locking
on my 1999 Skoda Felicia. Should I remove the trim and check to see if
some form of connenctor rod or something is not connecting? Any ideas
would be well appreciated. I need to keep this baby on the road for as
long as possible!

AC

Mr S wrote:

My apologies, but you've just made me smile at the concept of former Eastern
Bloc Skoda owners considering their car as not usable on the road because
one door won't lock :-)

Can you hear any locking/unlocking sounds coming from the faulty door? If so
it would be worth removing the door card to check for something mechanical
fallen off as you suggest. Next to check would be the voltage at the lock,
using a test bulb or voltmeter. Check what voltages are present on the
terminals and compare to a working door. If there is a difference, look for
a broken connection or wire where the loom joins the door. If the voltage
readings are the same on both doors suspect an electrical fault in the
locking mechanism.

HTH

Chris

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"Chris Whelan" <cawhelan (AT) prejudicentlworld (DOT) com> wrote


not 2 sure if this is the same as other VAG cars, but there is a compressor
which operates the locks via hydraulic pipes. i.e the locks are air
operated. if this is the case, look for any sort of pipework that might be
split or disconnected.

On Mon, 03 Oct 2005 16:07:31 GMT, Chris Whelan
<cawhelan (AT) prejudicentlworld (DOT) com> wrote:

me down) as a student. The weatherstrip at the bottom of the rear door
glass could easily be pulled out, and a wire hook was all that was
needed to pull the lock mechanism up. At the same time, you could store
bits and pieces in the rear wings at the side of the engine and reach
them from under the car! I used to keep a wire tent peg in there for
when I locked the keys in the car... on occasions I would use it just
for the hell of it!
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Thanks for the replies. There is no sound off that door lock when I
use the central locking but I can still lock and open the door manually
from inside the car. I will investigate the pipe work (if it is air
driven central locking) and I will remove the door trim and see if
there is anything obvious broken. Then the voltage test.

Apart from that, a great car with great fuel economy.

"Mr S" <acronin (AT) bge (DOT) ie> wrote

Skodas are very underestimated, we do a few Skoda Octavia taxis, they seem
to be bullet proof, no problem to service & the parts for them very
reasonable.