How To Guide Open deadlocked door (Z3)

[spurs fan in a coupe]

Been a while since I did one of these.

Problem = passenger door (RHD) wouldn’t open. Inner and outer handles would move, inner one would lift the locking door pin at the top of the door card, but it didn’t make the electronic/ sliding noise that it should.

This posed a problem as it was on my latest breaker and I’ve got a much loved member waiting for the wings - which you can’t get off without opening the door!

So I started by cutting a little window in the door below the handle. Suitable wing PPE applied.

This allowed me a subtle letter box to investigate.

Sadly all it proved was that the door handles were both correctly connected to the door latch / actuator. Doh - I thought I’d be able to pull one the arms and it would pop the door open. So I extended my ‘window’, now more of a bi-folding door.

This was entertaining, but still no luck working out what was wrong, so a bit of gentle persuasion to the actuator nearest the rear wing with a reciprocal saw and decent length lever….. first the saw pinged the latch enough to open the door to the safety latch…. Then an attack on the lower pivot point finally fully opened the door.

Happy days, now just to shut the door and no one would even know.

 

[Mazza]

oh bloody hell Andy … sorry to put you through al that

just keep the weapons of destruction away from the important bits

 

[Duncodin]

Anyone know where I can get a passenger door? Don't need the locks. I'd pay top dollar for a blue one.

 

[spurs fan in a coupe]

Anyone know where I can get a passenger door? Don't need the locks. I'd pay top dollar for a blue one.

I’ve got a lovely one in LHD

 

[t-tony]

There was someone looking for a right side door yesterday Andy. I’ll see if I can track him down. Said his car had been “sideswiped” .

Tony.

 

[DomiMik]

There was someone looking for a right side door yesterday Andy. I’ll see if I can track him down. Said his car had been “sideswiped” .

Tony.

Looks like you are looking for this poor fella:

Wanted - Parts required

My 2001 Z3 3.0 got sideswiped by a work van and damaged the drivers side (off side) So I require a drivers door for a RHD car . Can anyone help please? thanks Paul

zroadster.org

 

[t-tony]

Yes thank you, that's the man. Might be lucky and be the correct colour too.

Tony.

 

[SV8Predator]

Are the seats available?

 

[Stevo7682]

Some nice information there Andy

Looks fairly straightforward and you'd barely know you'd touched it when you were finished



Stephen.

 

[Jam03]

There should be a health warning on these Zortopsy room posts. I don’t think I’m going to be able to sleep tonight.

 

[spurs fan in a coupe]

Are the seats available?

Yes

 

[SV8Predator]

Yes

Sent you a PM / conversation.

 

[Dxbolton]

Too late now, but if you remove the actuator off the top of the lock, the door just opens easily. Mine was the same as yours and I removed the inner door card to gain access to the lock and actuator. It isn’t easy! Buy once the actuator was off it just unlocks

 

[spurs fan in a coupe]

Too late now, but if you remove the actuator off the top of the lock, the door just opens easily. Mine was the same as yours and I removed the inner door card to gain access to the lock and actuator. It isn’t easy! Buy once the actuator was off it just unlocks

Less entertaining though!

 

[Dxbolton]

There was a point I nearly used your method! It’s not easy from inside the car

 

[Zephyr]

Sweet! Pure perfectionism. Do you do house calls also?

 

[jaguartvr]

Easy deadlocking cure

Attach a wire to the blue/yellow/red wire from the ZKE A104 module behind the glovebox. The ZKE module has 3 plus, you want the centre purple one.

Run this new wire to the boot, lock the car using the fob, touch the new wire to the positive battery terminal and the doors will unlock

Now I would love to claim this stroke of genius as my own work but someone is bound to grass me up so all credit to gookah on the Z3 forum.

 

[Dxbolton]

Easy deadlocking cure

Attach a wire to the blue/yellow/red wire from the ZKE A104 module behind the glovebox. The ZKE module has 3 plus, you want the centre purple one.

Run this new wire to the boot, lock the car using the fob, touch the new wire to the positive battery terminal and the doors will unlock

Now I would love to claim this stroke of genius as my own work but someone is bound to grass me up so all credit to gookah on the Z3 forum.

But will it work if the solenoid is dead?

 

[jaguartvr]

No idea, I have never had a dead solenoid but I have had Z3's deadlock on me several times.
If you are building a kit this is the first modification that you should make.

If the solenoid was dead I would have thought that you would be able to open the door using the inner door handle, if it has deadlocked the inner door handle won't work.

 

[Dxbolton]

No idea, I have never had a dead solenoid but I have had Z3's deadlock on me several times.
If you are building a kit this is the first modification that you should make.

If the solenoid was dead I would have thought that you would be able to open the door using the inner door handle, if it has deadlocked the inner door handle won't work.

If only!
the solenoid on mine failed on the locked position so pulling the internal handle lifted the button slightly but even manual lifting of the button would not release the lock. I had no external key option either.
As soon as the solenoid was separated from the lock it worked again.
Even with battery disconnected you could not manually open the door.