Hi,

Can't seem to find if anyone else has had this issue.

The front passenger door of my Freelander 2 2015 SE seems to be double locked when the rest of the doors are single locked. Therefore, central locking to unlock and lock is fine but the passenger cannot exit from inside the car unless the unlock button is pressed to centrally unlock. That is, the passenger cannot unlock from their handle.

This proves to be quite annoying because for example, I can't leave a passenger in the car because they wouldn't be able to get out. Also, when dropping someone off they need to wait until I press the button or open another door before they can get out their door.

The rear doors work fine and are not child locked so rear passengers can exit as they please.

The door still locks and unlocks with the fob and everything so its more so an inconvenience that I've just been wanting to fix for a while. I could potentially replace the actuator but it seems overkill when the lock works fine, it just seems to be confused into thinking it's double locked.

Many thanks

It’s the door lock actuator.

To put it simply, are you saying that the front passenger door unlocks normally apart from when operated via the driver's door handle, but rear doors unlock via driver's door handle? FL2 XS SD4 Auto 2010 2012-2017 (21k - 91k miles) (MY2011)
FL2 Metropolis SD4 Auto 2014 2017- (16k - 77k+ miles) (MY2015)
Metro in its 11th Year of (Extended) LR Warranty / Full LR Service History
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This is the rear door but front is much the same.

IanMetro wrote:

To put it simply, are you saying that the front passenger door unlocks normally apart from when operated via the driver's door handle, but rear doors unlock via driver's door handle?

I've done some further testing and found that it only works under some unique circumstances. For example, if I push the driver door lever to lock the car, then the front passenger door is only single-locked and works fine (front passenger door unlocks appropriately from its handle).

However, if I lock the car with the center console lock button, the front passenger door won't unlock. Interesting as I originally thought locking using the doors and locking with the 'lock button' did the same thing.

Have you checked for fault codes? It’s always possible that there is a wiring issue in the door but more than likely the central locking motor in the actuator is playing up, as they tend to do.

Fitting new motors is the cheapest option but not everyone is comfortable or competent to do that. In which case you will need a new actuator assy, as has already been suggested by SYFL2.

These are the motors to buy, get the ones that show two pairs of different sized motors/gears.

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/3286535837...4c4dvTEgJ0 (Now Sold). 2008 Freelander 2 (Nazca Sand) SE TD4 Auto. Statutory write off & on WOVR for hail damage but still road legal.
171037Km as of 09/05/22
Superchips Bluefin Flash
Nanocom Evo II (also sold)