Land Rover Defender Door Lock Problems

But before blaming a faulty latch there are a few other points to check which can all affect whether the door shuts flush with the bodywork or fails to latch onto the striker in the door frame or.

Land rover defender door lock problems.

For recalls and faults found in the uk scroll down. Also don t rule out the. Luckily the remote fob locks and unlocks the vehicle as it should. I ve got a defender 110 which has recently developed problems with the doors.

Three recalls with the vw t6 1 2020 due to door locks. This is on an l reg landrover. Seems odd to me that all three doors have to be fixed. The door does shut but is a little proud but will not lock from anywhere.

I have problems with the window flapping about which i can see how to sort i think. 320 00 per door plus labor. My 2007 defender tdci s key doesn t turn the driver s door lock one way or another. This lro reader emailed lro workshop bauermedia co uk to ask our experts why his defender tdci s key won t turn.

So the land rover mechnic says all three doors locks need to be replaced. In the following overview you will find the most common problems for the land rover defender for which land rover has announced a recall through the eu rapex system. You do not say which defender you have the reason i ask is that my 110 developed an alarm central locking fault and needed the wiring to the rear passenger doors replaced. The passenger side one doesn t latch shut at all as if it can t quite get close enough in to click into place and the drivers side one latches shut fine but isn t a tight fit.

I have had a similar problem where adjustment at the hinge was the fix not at door lock mechanism. The only way to open them is reach over and pull the latch.