2020 Fiat A Class Passenger Door Not opening from outside (1 Viewer)

[tattytony]

Does anyone in the know can tell me what i might be able to do to get it working again, the handle is loose great for potential theives to keep them out but i do need it working.?? TIA

 

[nicholsong]

Does anyone in the know can tell me what i might be able to do to get it working again, the handle is loose great for potential theives to keep them out but i do need it working.?? TIA

Since it is an A Class rather than a C class it would be useful if you stated the Manufacturer, Model and year.

 

[tattytony]

Since it is an A Class rather than a C class it would be useful if you stated the Manufacturer, Model and year.

Dethleffs Fiat A Class 2020

 

[Diabalo]

You need to take the door card off and have a butchers

 

[BobilG600]

If the outside door handle is loose and won’t operate the door catch mechanism it sounds like a disconnected linkage between the handle and catch mechanism. Does the inside handle still work properly?

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[tattytony]

If the outside door handle is loose and won’t operate the door catch mechanism it sounds like a disconnected linkage between the handle and catch mechanism. Does the inside handle still work properly?

Yes works fine from the inside

 

[tattytony]

I am a little lost here what can i remove ?

 

[tattytony]

You need to take the door card off and have a butchers

what is the door card ?

 

[Lenny HB]

If there is not a cover around the lock on the inside you will have to take the internal door panel off. It will probably be a bent or broken linkage it's common on Hartal doors.

 

[tattytony]

If there is not a cover around the lock on the inside you will have to take the internal door panel off. It will probably be a bent or broken linkage it's common on Hartal door.

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[Lenny HB]

what is the door card ?

You didn't say it was the drivers door, same as I said above you need to remove the whole internal panel but being the drivers door it will probably be a Fiat lock.

 

[tattytony]

You didn't say it was the drivers door, same as I said above you need to remove the whole internal panel but being the drivers door it will probably be a Fiat lock.

Passenger door LHS

 

[Bessy765]

You might try taking the inside handle off carefully and see if the link bar that goes from the outside handle to the catch has come off it did on my Burstner. If it’s like our thee trim is a bugger to get off. Do it with the door open and be carefull not to lose the inner door link or you wont be able to open the door again, we ar lucky we have a garage at the bottom of our garden the van lives in so I took the bar it locks onto off the what would be the B post whilst I did mine,

 

[Lenny HB]

Passenger door LHS

It's a drivers door, your steering wheel is on the wrong side.

 

[Diabalo]

what is the door card ?

The panel on the inside of the door, it's known as the door card. Remove that to see if any linkages have come adrift.

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[tattytony]

Door panel has one screw at the bottom and when removed the panel stays in place firmly so i think i will leave it to the dealers unless someone has a Globetrotter XLI and know exactly how to get the panel off.

Thanks for everyone's help so far.

 

[jongood]

Door panel has one screw at the bottom and when removed the panel stays in place firmly so i think i will leave it to the dealers unless someone has a Globetrotter XLI and know exactly how to get the panel off.

Thanks for everyone's help so far.

You might find that the moulding fits into a channel on the body of the door, the way to get them out is to carefully push against the sides untill one of them springs loose, then work the others out. Once out it will probably be pretty obvious what's wrong.

 

[Fulham Dave]

We own a Globetrotter and the same happened to us a couple of years ago the day before we had a scheduled dealer visit, so they fixed it for us.

May I suggest you try either the:

Dethelffs Owners Club https://www.dethleffsowners.co.uk/ which costs £15 to join
or
Dethleffs Owners Club UK Group on facebook?

Hopefully, someone on there should be able to assist you.

 

[BobilG600]

Door panel has one screw at the bottom and when removed the panel stays in place firmly

The passenger door internal panel on our Pilote Galaxy is held in place with only two screws. A rubber sealing strip going completely around the join between the inner door panel and the door itself then holds it in place when the screws are removed. Possibly there something similar on your?