Keyless entry jammed door shut. BP5

[Panda]

Hey all.

 

I couple odd electrical problems have popped up on my 04 BP5 JDM legacy.

 

Firstly I recently I did some work on my legacy and had the battery disconnected. Ever since then the drivers door has gone floppy instead of having a heavy and mechanical clunk to it. The door doesn't open and the keyless entry has stopped worked. I believe this is the keyless entry system playing up.

At one point the door still opened from the inside but now it doesn't open from the inside nor the outside. Cannot flick the locking latch over as it feels jammed.

Perhaps once or twice out of the 10 times I go to drive my car the door will actually unlock and decide to co-operate, however the handle always remains floppy and the keyless entry has never worked since the problem first started.

 

All other doors function normally.

 

 

 

 

 

Now secondly, my interior fan has started making a loud clicking/rattly sound. The actual performance of the AC seems to be fine but it sounds like a airport starting up and its too loud to raise above the first fanspeed setting. Any ideas?

 

 

 

 

Thanks all, any ideas or opinions are appreciated 

[Andy_Mac]

Fan wise you’re probably best getting a second hand one from a wrecker like Subidoo spares. Shouldn’t cost too much since they aren’t exactly high demand items. 
the lock issue is a bit weird. By floppy I assume you mean you can pull the handles with no resistance like they would be when in the locked state?

[Joker]

Gunna have to crack it open & have a look I think, bit hard to imagine anything is out of sync but the lil Clips holding the Locking "Bar" do become brittle over time or get knocked off

 

I've learnt the hard way not to use Slim-Jim's too often where possible in my "Other activities" as my Villages 'Amateur Locksmith'

 

reasonably simple to get door card off & have a squiz

 

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