Hi Everyone and seasons greetings!

I’m just having the weirdest issue, I opened my drivers door this morning, handle appeared to stick open with the frost but pushed back in , now the door won’t shut. It’s like it’s not catching and just bouncing back.

Have I broken something? Is there a way to get it to close so I can get it locked up for now L322 TD6 2003
Epsom Green- the dogs car which has worked it’s way into being the family car 😮

the latch is probably still frozen....hairdryer? to un-freeze it and then insert much grease.... ... - .- -.




Y. O. L. O.
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Hi Stan,

Thanks for that. I’ll give it a shot.

Mind you I’ll have to ask the wife for hers as I no longer require one….indeed my wife bought me rain x for my birthday….for my head!!  L322 TD6 2003
Epsom Green- the dogs car which has worked it’s way into being the family car 😮

I had the same problem last year. I held the door closed and operated the central locking. That closed the latch and locked it, then reopened and everything worked after that.

I had the same problem with my interior handle on Tuesday night. Obviously frozen absolutely pita to get back to working again,probably about ten minutes or so Ahhh the joys 2016 4.4 diesel

Had the same yesterday morning, right pain it was. Got - 2017 SDV8 Autobiography in Loire Blue
Had- 2008 TDV8 Vogue SE in Java black
Had - 2007 S/C in Stornoway Grey

To get it fixed you need to remove the door card and with flashlight look how the cable and door handle move while you pull/release the handle. Some good weather resistant spray with straw. Take the cable off and spray it. Spray the handle moving mechanism. All back together. Mine has been good for few years now and we have weeks and months with temps constantly below 0, meaning the door will not open and you need to use passenger door to get in and out or which ever works..
If you get inside there and see how the outer cable is located and how it moves, it is easy to understand why the cable get’s stuck and won’t return inside the housing when friction is to high. And why it’s just a question of time when it snaps

Pour a kettle over the handle, every year I have the same issue when it gets well below zero

Had the same thing happen to me- once it thawed I sprayed some ptfe lubricant that I had lying around as that’s all I had- I’ll see how successful it was in the morning 😂 2009 (2010 MY) 5.0 Supercharged Autobiography
2007 TDV8 Vogue SE
2005 BMW E63 645ci
2024 Porsche Macan

Happened to me a year ago, ended up having the cable & latch kit replaced at a Dealer here in Toronto. All was fine until this morning when it occurred again (cold, wintry windy wet snap)

If someone knows what's involved to get in to the door so I can spray/lubricate it myself, please share  2012 Supercharged L322

The ptfe lube worked a treat- opened this morning no problem 2009 (2010 MY) 5.0 Supercharged Autobiography
2007 TDV8 Vogue SE
2005 BMW E63 645ci
2024 Porsche Macan

Typically after reading this thread last night my own passenger door wouldn’t lock over after I had opened it this morning at 5am to throw my bag on the seat… with a nice -7C on the dash that wasn’t ideal!
Short of any heating up/messing about I just leaned over and held the door closed from the inside and pushed the central locking button on the dash to lock all the doors, and hey presto it worked… all good!

I should also say this was after having preset my FBH for the first time to kick start at 4:45am just to see if it was working - and it bloody did. Lovely.  Cheers, Steven.

2012 Vogue 4.4 TDV8.

Dealer said it's covered for a year under warranty. so I'll wait for it to happen again, record it using my phone, and make an appointment to take it in before I go about figuring out how to disassemble part of the door to spray and grease it up when it happens again after that 😂 2012 Supercharged L322

I lied- my drivers door lock was frozen shut again this morning 😂 2009 (2010 MY) 5.0 Supercharged Autobiography
2007 TDV8 Vogue SE
2005 BMW E63 645ci
2024 Porsche Macan

Ditto for me. Decided to try it while the ignition got everything going this morning at 0545 before leaving for the gym, and whatever it is, tensioner or outside handle, the -10 weather caused it to fail. So, recorded it with my phone, emailed the dealer, got in and reached across to hold it closed and pressed the lock button in the main instrument panel to latch it, and away I went to workout.

I'll drop it off tomorrow morning, and hope they don't need to keep it until Monday! 2012 Supercharged L322