Rear Door Latch - child manually moved latch to locked position
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Rear Door Latch - child manually moved latch to locked position
2013 LR4 LUX
The wife and I were loading up the car to go into town, and my 9yr old son was standing by the rear driver's side door while we got the baby situated into his carseat. With idle hands, he thought he'd mess with the child lock and lock latch of the open door. So now the latch is in the closed position, and I haven't been able to figure out how to get it moved back in the open position. As such, the door will not close because the closed latch hits against the locking bar on the vehicle. All my google and forum searching leads me to replacing the actuator.. and not just resetting or getting the latch in the open position again. Could he have broke the actuator by manually closing the latch with his fingers?
**Update** I figured it out, I simply had to pull on the interior door handle to open the latch again. Overcomplicated that one, huh?
The wife and I were loading up the car to go into town, and my 9yr old son was standing by the rear driver's side door while we got the baby situated into his carseat. With idle hands, he thought he'd mess with the child lock and lock latch of the open door. So now the latch is in the closed position, and I haven't been able to figure out how to get it moved back in the open position. As such, the door will not close because the closed latch hits against the locking bar on the vehicle. All my google and forum searching leads me to replacing the actuator.. and not just resetting or getting the latch in the open position again. Could he have broke the actuator by manually closing the latch with his fingers?
**Update** I figured it out, I simply had to pull on the interior door handle to open the latch again. Overcomplicated that one, huh?
Last edited by JUHSTin; Mar 11, 2022 at 11:51 AM.
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Same same
Our little one did the exact same thing years ago. Glad you got it figured out!
2013 LR4 LUX
The wife and I were loading up the car to go into town, and my 9yr old son was standing by the rear driver's side door while we got the baby situated into his carseat. With idle hands, he thought he'd mess with the child lock and lock latch of the open door. So now the latch is in the closed position, and I haven't been able to figure out how to get it moved back in the open position. As such, the door will not close because the closed latch hits against the locking bar on the vehicle. All my google and forum searching leads me to replacing the actuator.. and not just resetting or getting the latch in the open position again. Could he have broke the actuator by manually closing the latch with his fingers?
**Update** I figured it out, I simply had to pull on the interior door handle to open the latch again. Overcomplicated that one, huh?
The wife and I were loading up the car to go into town, and my 9yr old son was standing by the rear driver's side door while we got the baby situated into his carseat. With idle hands, he thought he'd mess with the child lock and lock latch of the open door. So now the latch is in the closed position, and I haven't been able to figure out how to get it moved back in the open position. As such, the door will not close because the closed latch hits against the locking bar on the vehicle. All my google and forum searching leads me to replacing the actuator.. and not just resetting or getting the latch in the open position again. Could he have broke the actuator by manually closing the latch with his fingers?
**Update** I figured it out, I simply had to pull on the interior door handle to open the latch again. Overcomplicated that one, huh?
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