Ford Fiesta Door Lock Problem

My wife tried getting into her car today, but the lock has stuck, i
eventually opened it by entering via the passenger door to unlock it, but
something seems to be stuck, the door won't even open via the outside door
handle when it's unlocked, after i took the door liner off, i still cant
get to the lock as it's encased inside a metal case, have you any ideas at
all how i can get to it to sort it out at all, as i need to get it MOT'd
etc and don't really fancy getting ripped off by a garage
its a 1994 5 door Mistral,
Many thanks
kungfukid

Door locks don't form part of the MOT, as long as the door can be opened
from the inside AND outside for the front doors, and inside OR outside for
the rear doors.
it sounds like the lock needs rebuilding with new barrel plates, quite
common on ford locks, you can get a repair kit from ford, quite a fiddly job
to do but the only way if you have a chipped key, other than replacing the
keys and having them re-programmed.
drill the rivets out that hold the metal cover plate in.
steve.



"kungfukid" <scottsmith.TakeThisOut@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
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 > My wife tried getting into her car today, but the lock has stuck, i
 > eventually opened it by entering via the passenger door to unlock it, but
 > something seems to be stuck, the door won't even open via the outside door
 > handle when it's unlocked, after i took the door liner off, i still cant
 > get to the lock as it's encased inside a metal case, have you any ideas at
 > all how i can get to it to sort it out at all, as i need to get it MOT'd
 > etc and don't really fancy getting ripped off by a garage
 > its a 1994 5 door Mistral,
 > Many thanks
 > kungfukid
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