Door Mech 325es please help me

[RandyB]

All right I need alittle help about a month ago I went to get out of my car and grabed the inside door handle to pull it and get out. The door latch did not return after exiting the vehicle. Now I cant get out of the car without open the window reaching out and opening the door after about a month of doing so I have gotten sick of this and I think I will burn out my window soon if I dont fix this. I dont have the cash to drop it off at the dealer and have them fix it so i am going at it myself.

I took the apolestry <-- sp off and have been trying to see what is wrong I cant figure it out all I can think of is somthing is broke.


please post your findings below

RandyB

[jase007]

Randy:

The door latch did not return after exiting the vehicle

I am assuming you mean the pull. If the door latch (in the end of the door and locks onto the post attached to the door jam) didn't return then it may be broken but most likely is gummed up. I have sprayed WD-40 into all four of mine while working the latch mechanism to free them up. I even had to remove one and replace one b/c no amount of cleaning and lubrication would fix it. If the latch is sticking then when you close the door... it will just bounce back at you and will not stay shut.

If you have removed the upholstery then you can see where the door pull is connected by a metal wire / bar (I think) to the door latch at the rear of the inside of the door. Where these attach may be broken ... b/c otherwise you wouldn't be able to open the door from the outside if the latching mechanism is broken. Yes, you do have to remove the moisture barrier (attached with sticky weather-sealing to the door covering holes for access to the internals of the door). If the pull isn't returning it may just need some WD-40.

Check it out and tell us in detail what you find. Then we can help more.

Jason

[RandyB]

You are correct it is the pull. I did what you said and pulled of the upolestry and began the WD-40 treatment. although it did free up the door jam it did nothing for my problem the inside pull is still stuck open and wont return to close position. I cant lock the car either If I try to lock the car from lets say passenger side it will lock for a second then open.

I looked around in the door alot and pushed and pulled and proded everything the pull is connected to a arm that also moves when you use the pull on the out side. somthing is not right. I must be somthing broken.

How would I go about fixing this problem replace the entire door mech? I dont think I could do that. the hard part is you cant really see whats going on inside the door as everything is mounted so far in. Can anybody point me to a view of the assembly on the net or maybe someone could scan it?

thanks for the help guys!!

RandyB

[Jared at Pelican Parts]

Can you get a picture of it? That might help me with an idea I have...I cant really explain it without a pic.

[RandyB]

I will try and take some pics tonight but it is difficult to tell whats going on inside

[Jared at Pelican Parts]

Im sure that once we see the pics, we can figure out what is going on here.