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Automatic door lock won't unlock. V70-XC70 1998

posted by  someone claiming to be Victor on  Tue Apr 10 09:00 CST 2001 [RELATED]

I have seen this problem posted a few times, it happened on my own wagon. I decided to tackle the door latch/automatic door lock mechanism and fabricate my own part and document the process to make it available to others.

Well after 4 hrs. of slow/tedious work I gave up in fabricating a new part, instead I pull the flemsy red plastic lever out of the latch mechanism and fixed a piece of cotter pin (hot) into the remaining plastic. It doesn't look beatiful but it works great and it is stronger than originally was.

I spent a lot of time because I took pictures of the process and I took the door apart to look for the broken piece to take measurements, no luck finding the broken piece, so I had to take the other door apart.

If your time is worth more than $30.00 an hour, buy the latch and replace it.

Anybody interested in placing the pictures and procedures on the web?





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New Automatic door lock won't unlock. [V70-XC70][1998]
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