Fix Central Door Lock - Land Rover Discovery 3 / 4 / S4-Ep8 

The joy in Vera's voice once it was fixed with the following hi five clearly shows how much she loves her car 🚗 lovely video as always Nigel.

It's Sunday morning and it is LR Time - Hooray. Love Simon's videos as well. 👍

Christian was correct. It was very entertaining and informative. Christian and Vera deserve every success through their RU-vid channel. Looking forward to the next one. Thank you for sharing.

This couldn’t have come at a better time for me 😂 same door same problem 😂😂 I’ve been waiting 4 months with the door not locking for a “sunny British day” 😅

Christian - you are the personification of German order - but your channel is in English. It’s so entertaining and one can learn things too.

I always hit the like as I open the video because I know I'm going to enjoy it. 😀😉👍... Morning Charlie 👌

I laughed when you said you put this off for two years. I have a similar issue except my door stays locked and won’t open and I have been putting the repair off for at least four years now 😀 Also I have to agree with you Christian, every time I work on the disco 3 I am amazed at how beefy and solid everything is. It’s an incredibly well built car.

The addictive quality of working on a Discovery. I have done this job on different doors on both LR3 and LR4 (with keyless entry) and yet I still watched your video from start to finish!

I have done this a few times on our RRS but not the D3 yet. 👍

Hey Christian & Vera, greetings from Australia, & yes we have a warm climate, but it can get cold. You often comment about how cold it is there and having to be careful not to break plastic clips or other hard rubber items when disassembling. Where I come from in south east Queensland winter temperatures can reach -7 Celsius or colder, so to avoid breakages I use either my wife’s hair dryer or a heat gun with a temperature controller to warm up the part so it’s not brittle. Yes it another step in the process but it helps with the blood pressure 😂

I am becoming an L r time disciple. I checked twice today for your latest episode .Great content and honesty in that Christian also looks for a bit of guidance on YT when tackling jobs for the first time .Makes a great start to a Sunday

I genuinely couldn't tell if Christian was being sarcastic or sincere about the build quality and DIY-ability of the Disco.

This video made my day and its 23h15 in New Zealand. As a Land Rover owner some years ago, I feel their pain. Thank you guys. 😊

While not overly complex, there certainly is a lot of steps involved. Thanks for showing us. I feel in in the part of Australia where I live, the grease in my 07 LR3 will never deteriorate like yours did. Even with holiday trips to areas that snow or are wickedly hot.

Am a 🧰 mechanic in Kenya,and through you guys,am LR specialist.you guys are awesome 💯😎.Big love ❤

Im in the middle of working on my LR3 and it’s the same door as yours. Love the Guillotine joke. I used a wood clamp to fasten my window. I envy the order and cleanliness of your work shop. Take care and best regards from the United States.

Good evening Vera & Christian 😊 That was absolutely fantastic 👍🏻 The chit chat with Vera as you fixed the door Christian was really good with good humour 🤣 Vera is so cute when she’s happy 😃 Big warm hug 🤗 for Vera for videoing this episode x

I watch these videos every week yet I don't own a D3 or D4, I have an L322 SC, this is great infotainment. When I DIY on my car and the wife helps we have the same sort of "discussions"...

Very fiddly job. Too many small bits to lose along the way. 😆 I'm always impressed how you get things back together, even though some jobs probably take much longer than it seems in the video. And your marital banter had me smiling all the way through. 😊

Christian and Vera another great video thanks for all the information

Great video! There's so much stuff to get out before you can fix the problem on a LR3!

The best repair videos I know! And I can often laugh. Thanks for that!

Great video! As Christian says, do the research well in advance of the actual repair work. Lots of times parts and pieces end up looking much different than anticipated for some reason. Just work through it and be ready to laugh at yourself. Thanks for the the shout out Vera! I appreciate you sending the package to me!!

This brings back memories of the alarm kicking and no keys🤣 Just hired a Toyota in South Africa, only the drivers door unlocks when you turn the engine off and remove the key had a lot of grumpy passengers on our bush trip as a faffed around finding the unlock button 🤣 That's how they solve their mean time to failure by upsetting passengers .

Another excellent video from you both. I was smiling all the way, from start to finish. Thank you Christian and Vera. I look forward to the next one. 👏🙏

Hi Guys, another great video where the driving motivation genuinely seems to be to help people, not just to show how much you know. Always good, always clear, always entertainly. Great work you two. And yes, it does feel great when you fix something - especially when the problem fixed is on the wife's car !!!

It seems to be the left rear door very often.🙄 I replaced my lock last year, using the same sources of information you recommended.👍 Just want to mention that the latch on the release cable is likely to break, when you remove it from the door panel. Please don't ask, why I know this.😇

In a throw away society like we have its so nice to see you repair instead off replace parts I'm same my father taught me to always try fix what you have only buy if nessersary a great video all the best donny

The lock is very similar with the Volvo door locks. If you have intermitent unlocking issue with the doors, replace the motor pair on the lock. All the best.

Oh dear, this happened to me when I was at the garage buying my disco. I found that when you press the engage button on the dash it stopped going off and it then locked itself with the other doors normally. I also found that you could program it to only unlock the driver’s door with the key, leaving all other doors and tail gate locked. To open those, your pressed the unlock button one the dash. great being a Disco Discoverer. Always enjoying your videos. All the very best. Gpx UK

What a great team you make it's a joy a watch thank you And keep muddy gang

As always Vera & Christian, another wonderful video. You are a great team. You have inspired me to fix my D4 door lock. Thank you and best wishes from a very hot last week here in Australia.

Hi Vera and Christian, long time since i last replied here. I don’t want to spoil but…. You can open from inside (even on super lock or powerlock or whatever LR calls it) if you pull BOTH the locking lever (small black one) and the latch lever (silver long one) twice 🤫. My rear right door is constantly locked (I don’t use it) when I need, that is how it works. 😉 I will think on repairing mine some day, it has been only just over 3 years it is like this. 🤭 Great video as always. Congrats.

YEY A NEW VIDEO! I hope they make coffee in this one!

I have this repair to do on my right hand rear door. I have done it once before so know what to do but I may try to repair it now I have seen your efforts here. It’s just tired and needs regreasing I think. I must get hold of some of those spare motors. Thanks for another entertaining Sunday!

Good morning folks happy Sunday looking forward to the video 👍👍👍

Great, time for our Discovery owners group therapy.😍

Christian, you crack me up with your parody of Toyota vs. Land Rover. Land Rovers are beautiful cars, but the headaches they give you are far too much for my stomach. Keep it up both of you are very entertaining!

VW/Audi door handles from the 70’s and 80’s were notorious for breaking, so much that we used the term “Team Door Handle” when we had to fix them. 😊

Bravo Maestro, once again a brilliant easy demo of how to fix a problem. My brother in law has a LR Disco 4 with a similar problem, I shall refer him to your Lecture. Vera fast forwarded you when you were arguing about oil, lol cheeky.

Double locking on the evoque makes it were you cant open the door when you smash the window in. Wow those speakers are huge must be a good sounding system in those.

Brilliant, amusing, as always.... BTW you have the patience of a saint (for the avoidance of doubt - this comment was directed to Christian.....). Already looking forward to next Sunday! Vera - hope it's all now fixed for another 10+ years, and you managed to warm up too!

Another fantastic video - thanks guys!

loving your new line of videos on the process. love you guys and was worried how you would keep this going. After all, I thought you might have to break things for repair vids! Always a treat to see you guys! ~ Roger

I just did mine. It seems common for the electrical motor inside the locking mechanism to fail or work intermittently. I took everything apart, opened the locking actuator and replaced the motor - $20 from ebay for a set of 4x. No more problems!

Brilliant video again guys, love your humour 😂it looks freezing 🥶

You guys are legends! Thank you! I shall be attempting this after I work out why my Freelander 2's turbo is no longer working. We've got to lower the Disco 3's rear passenger door tab manually every time we lock the car! I think the problem is annoying enough that I'll try to not wait (another) 2 years, emboldened as I am now with your process!

I saw an LR Time bumper sticker on a Disco 4 while stuck in traffic last week. Coincidentally 5 minutes before my Hyosung started overheating, so I have to add looking at that to replacing the rear main seal on my Disco 4. On a sloped driveway. Yay me!!

Super fun edit guys! love the speed up for the arguing repartee!! You should have some meet and greet if you are in Utah. Assume Moab area? very fun video, see you nxt Sunday..

As always another great (and useful) video.And that's my next job on my D4 :)

Good video. A little stressful, with a thousand steps and all those small parts. I liked the pencil and the arrow showing how to get the part back into the door. Kinda funny that you couldn't see the latches that Simon was talking about, because you hot-glued it in years ago and forgot. Such a beautiful car, super DIY, etc. Good stuff.

Excellent video thank you.

Yet another fantastic video, that lock looks simular to the one i've got on my Ford Fiesta but i guess both vehicles were under the Ford owner when they were built, i have some of those mechanisms that don't work so i might investigate if i can dismantle them & find the fault

Hi Guys, another great video,thank You.

Yet another interesting, and at times scary video. Thanks guys.

First time I have heard Christian say "OMG".

Another informative and amusing video. Well done and thank you.from Northumberland UK. P.S. Apologies that you can no longer easily get parts after Brexit. Wasn’t my idea, still feeling European.

make sure he puts that back on your car or it may fall apart LOL thanks for the video

I think you secretly have a magicians hat in the corner of the workshop.... Forget manuals! Silicone grease only on plastics... there are others but be careful - some will cause the plastic to degrade badly. Another fab video, OMG!

Removing and replacing door panels can get very frustrating, besides accidentally breaking a clip or something plastic . Excellent repair , including where to find information , and made it look so easy . Many thanks Vera and Christian for your humorous video " in the freeze "

Excellent timing as my rear door actuator is not locking. I mount my workshop monitor in portrait orientation it makes reading manuals much easier.

hi from wales uk you guys are amazing keep up the videos you make me wont to go buy a disco3 xx

Sunday morning LR time 🕰️ love it

Wonderful as usual

Best content on RU-vid! I love it, and I don’t own a Land Rover!!!

Utah this summer!? That's awesome! We live there and we have a pretty decent group of discovery 3/4 enthusiasts. Would be so great to meet you guys!

Again a perfect video ... due to temperature I would prefer to work in the garage maybe with any heater😉

2 minutes in and I love this video already. 😂 😂 😂

Good video guys! 👍

"SUPER" Video this week , so funny . I never took the door handle off when i did this on our Freelander 2 & Range Rover Sport, it's a bit fiddly and requires long nose pliers and swearing. Next time i'll take the handle off. I bought our new latches from ebay for £17.50 each , and did all 4 in about 1 1/2 hours. I noticed that your wheel arch trim is looking slightly grey ( faded ) , Back to black is great for this and would make a "SUPER" easy how to video. take care and see you next Sunday

CONGRATULATIONS you have reached max LEVEL 10 SARCASM😁😁😁

It's an obscene job this one! It's very, very annoying to do. I have replaced 3 of 4 actuators over 6 years. The 4th is on its way out, and the drivers door I just fixed by replacing the motors, much as you did.

Well nice video I'm in the UK and can buy the door units each for around £30 new with 5 year guarantee so after all the hassle of removing it just fitted new ones job done but yes mine were the same sometimes they lock and sometimes they don't probably could of done same as you 👍👍

hello from Australia

Great repair 👏

Another excellent video, from the genius’s of LR time! Say if you’re coming to Utah, also plan on coming to west Colorado! Love to meet you, and or take you over by Ouray. (Black bear pass, silverton, telluride) My pleasure, and plenty of room in the 7 seat LR3 😊 Vera, should have my email from a bit back (stereo question, and sticker purchase) Have a fantastic week 😊

‘I’m done with you!’ 😂 ….. We’re not Christian, keep up the good work 😅

Wow I thought you and Vera had bought a Toyota!! Did I miss an episode? I hope all are well . Stay safe and many thanks for such a lovely channel

12:18 I like your sense of humor. both of u 😂

I dropped the part and the gears fell out - Doh. Now attempting to put it back together. There is a really strange round spring underneath the large round white gear. Swapping out the motor was easy.

That door job wasn't too bad. At least not in fast forward 😅 But you should hide those five oil pumps you have on display, people may get the wrong impression about the quality of the LR🤪

I do the research, manuals, you tube and then practice on a vehicle at the auto wrecker.

Thank you.

Just did this a month ago. Both front and rear doors. They went at the same time after 17 years. I am happy. Nearly a toyota😂😂😂😂

Wieder mal ein klasse Video. Welche Marke/Type von Hot Glue nutzt ihr? Ich habe für verschiedene Zwecke diversen Kleber verwendet, aber so richtig hält das nicht

Hi Christian and Vera, another great video! I have a question, my doors will not lock using the manual lever inside. I fixed that but they will still not actuate using the button on the dashboard or the keyfob - is this the same issue you were having? Maybe my mechanism is just stiff like yours, I think I can hear something TRY to move in the door. Thank you!

If at any time you have the parts all in place and not broken, it's the actuator motors that will be weak resulting in failure to move the levers all the way. The motors are two, small one and bigger one, written mabuchi or something. They are available on ebay. So everyone when you do this work and not ready to replace the latch with a new one, order the motors and change them too so as to avoid disappointment after a short while, believe me I went through it.

i've got to put all that stuff in from scratch, in a new door after a cyclist decided to ride into it while it was parked , this is going to be useful

Am i rite in saying double locking it also activates the motion alarm. That's why it says to turn it off on a boat, and i think double locking also means only driver door opens on 1 click unlock?

I am really impressed with the locking feature of the LR - even with the windows down you can not open the doors. When are you coming to Utah? I want to be there to say hi.

Lesson number 1: If you own a Land-rover, you must also own a fault code reader. Lesson number 2: If you own a Land-rover, you must also own a heated workshop! Preferably big enough to fit the Land-rover inside it.

If only the boot sensor on my Toyota kluger was this easy 😅😢

Update your puddle lights and interiors light to bright led lights and you can upgrade puddle light to display land rover on ground when you open door

Christian said you need to prepare so you look smart in front of your wife. In the middle of the job, Vera says, “I’m done with you!”. Don’t worry Christian, I still think you are very smart!

As a matter of fact the guillotine was used as a method of executing criminals in Germany up until the 1970s

Nice hat Christian, did Vera knit it for you ? We are just starting to arrange our trip to Northern Ireland , my son is taking his Disco 3 and his 2 sons and I’m taking my Freelander 2 and my wife . My youngest grandson was born in Northern Ireland but was too small when they left to remember any of it , so we are going to show him the land of his birth and show him what a fabulous country it is

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Wonderful couple I hope found like ur wife u r lucky

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