I always used to close my mirrors when parking by pressing the button twice and

hence double locking the doors.

I have had a rear door lock fail when it would not lock and I traced it to a failed

microswitch in the actuator.

When the doors are double locked you cannot open the door from the outside

obviously,but also from the inside,hence if a lock fails when the doors are double

locked, you are looking at cutting a large hole in the door card and moisture barrier.

The actuator is behind the inner side of the door and you have to cut this metal to

get to the actuator.

You then have to dismantle the actuator in situ to open the lock.

I now close the mirrors with the door button and single lock the doors.

 

The lock actuator on the left rear door of my XJR failed exactly as you describe, door was locked shut & could not be opened at all.

The workshop I used to use in Switzerland was able to get the door open by removing the door card (in tact) and breaking the lock assembly by smashing it in two with a big flat screwdriver & a hammer.

Total PITA but it is possible without doing any visible damage to the interior trim.

I now have the same issue with my S-Type (left rear door locked shut) and it happened to the drivers door of my old X-Type too.

The lock actuators in our cars seem to be a matter of when, not if...

 

It's good to know that it can be done without spoiling the interior.

I bet the root cause is the microswitch every time.

It is tiny and just not 'man enough'.

 

Lol...I didn't even know that is how you did that.i always use the switch on the door to close the mirrors....kewl feature I didn't even know I had!!!!,

 

i use double locking to engage the alarm. can this be achieved with single lock ?

 

In the "Vehicle Settings" section of the touchscreen unit, there's a choice for single/double stage locking. I have it set to "single" and it does activate the alarm.

(Note that it doesn't fold up the mirrors, i have to press lock twice to do that.)

 

Yes single locking engages the alarm.

Meatbag you are referring to something different where only the driver's door

is unlocked.

 

Just in case anyone wants to know, what a PITA it is to get the door open when the lock has failed in the double-locked postion....

https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/s...57/#post985710

The double-locking and driveaway locking has now been disabled on this S-Type, never again!