2004 Mini Cooper How To Reinstall Door Lock Actuator

You will probably find it easiest to refix the external bowden connector before you actually bolt the actuator to the door.

2004 mini cooper how to reinstall door lock actuator. If you want to attempt to repair your existing lock actuator read on. Open the back panel of the door lock actuator and unhook the interior door handle cable then set the cable aside. These instructions are written from memory based on having replaced both the passenger and driver side actuators in a 2002 mini cooper s over 7 years of ownership. This means mini one mini cooper mini cooper s and mini one d.

This can happen all of a sudden sometimes affecting one key sometimes both. A rod connects the actuator to the latch and another rod connects the latch to the knob that sticks up out of the top of the door. Door lock repair instructions as submitted by mpayle in our forums. Step 3 disassemble the door lock actuator.

Instructions for replacing the door lock actuator on 2002 to 2006 minis. Now you can replace the actuator fixing bolts through the door. All first generation facelift minis between 2004 and 2006. It s held down by a series of clips along the sides.

Cars this advice applies to. You press the button to lock or unlock your mini and it does nothing. In some cars the door lock actuator is positioned below the latch. Pry up the plastic cover of the actuator.

I am having problems with the passenger door lock opens from outside but not inside i bought a new lock but still does the same the new lock was fitted with the cables attached i could see the lever arm with the white plastic on the actuator moving down and how it opens from the outside when i pull the bowden cable the lever arm doesn t move fitted the handle on the door and still doesn. Mini cooper s door actuator posted in problems questions and technical.