My best shot is to drive the car a short distance, take a short walk and drive home. Then try again.
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I'll answer my own question and post a "how to", assuming that others will experience this joy as well. This is far easier than taking it to the dealer. Of course this might happen again and not be a permanent fix...but I'll have to wait and see.
- Make sure your actually have a problem first! Unlock car at least 3 times, etc...
- First photo: insert a flat head screwdriver into the gap on the side of the flap (rearmost) to lever it open, making sure you're levering against the arm holding the cover and not the plastic cover itself. Also use a rag where the screwdriver will touch your car. Lever, but not that hard, it'll pop open
- Second photo: in my case the plunger separated from the door and was still in the hole (not pictured). A little wiggling and it popped out. If your plunger is still attached to the door, stop here. Grease it, hope it doesn't happen again.
- Third photo: To reattach the plunger, assuming it popped off the door, insert a screwdriver in the hole (arrow) to push down a tab. You can then slide the flap door towards the back of the car/towards you. For those of you who have had door handles fall off, this flap is attached the same way.
- Fourth photo: Using an M6 star driver (ideally), rotate the plunger mount counter clockwise. It'll then separate from the arm. Pull the rubber boot off, reattach the plunger (it just clicks on), and re-install the boot.
- Fifth photo: it's all back together, grease it, and it works. At least for now.
- Make sure your actually have a problem first! Unlock car at least 3 times, etc...
- First photo: insert a flat head screwdriver into the gap on the side of the flap (rearmost) to lever it open, making sure you're levering against the arm holding the cover and not the plastic cover itself. Also use a rag where the screwdriver will touch your car. Lever, but not that hard, it'll pop open
- Second photo: in my case the plunger separated from the door and was still in the hole (not pictured). A little wiggling and it popped out. If your plunger is still attached to the door, stop here. Grease it, hope it doesn't happen again.
- Third photo: To reattach the plunger, assuming it popped off the door, insert a screwdriver in the hole (arrow) to push down a tab. You can then slide the flap door towards the back of the car/towards you. For those of you who have had door handles fall off, this flap is attached the same way.
- Fourth photo: Using an M6 star driver (ideally), rotate the plunger mount counter clockwise. It'll then separate from the arm. Pull the rubber boot off, reattach the plunger (it just clicks on), and re-install the boot.
- Fifth photo: it's all back together, grease it, and it works. At least for now.
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Having had the same problem I followed suit to piekas and disassembled the mechanism.
Adding some detail, as you can see the pin that goes into the lock has (in my case) separated from the arrow shaped knob that is pointy on one side and has an M6 shaped hole on the other side.
The pin has a hole in it and if you look really close the pointy knob has a slight edge along the base which aligns with a track inside the pin. Because the pointy end of the knob is arrow shaped with a narrower area at the middle I assume it is supposed to lock inside the pin.
Is this correct?
So before using blunt force on very small pieces of plastic I thought I'd better check:
- Do I force the pointy part of the knob into the hole in the pin again?
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Adding some detail, as you can see the pin that goes into the lock has (in my case) separated from the arrow shaped knob that is pointy on one side and has an M6 shaped hole on the other side.
The pin has a hole in it and if you look really close the pointy knob has a slight edge along the base which aligns with a track inside the pin. Because the pointy end of the knob is arrow shaped with a narrower area at the middle I assume it is supposed to lock inside the pin.
Is this correct?
So before using blunt force on very small pieces of plastic I thought I'd better check:
- Do I force the pointy part of the knob into the hole in the pin again?
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