Volvo 850 tail gate lock

Discussion in 'Volvo 850' started by gouldie, Mar 3, 2006.

  1. gouldie

    gouldie Guest

    Does anyone have any advise on how i might get my tailgate open on my 1995
    850 estate. I have always just used the key fob to operate the central
    locking but that just seems to now want to unlock the car except for the
    tail gate. I also dont have a key and the internal lever seems to do
    nothing.
    Please help
     
    gouldie, Mar 3, 2006
    #1
  2. I use the ignition key. The internal lever needs to be fixed. That is
    a safety item. Here are a few old posts:


    "I've seen something similar once.  Removing the mechanism showed that
    the rivets holding the two halves of the lock together had loosened up.
    Banging them a few times with a hammer and heavy punch tightened the
    rivets and restored proper function.  I hope this works for you."
    Mike F. Thornhill (near Toronto), Ont.


    "My tailgate lock was dodgy when I got it. Couldn't unlock it
    electrically, and could only sometimes unlock it with the key. The
    electric device made sounds, just didn't unlock the door. I pulled the
    upholstered panel off and found this inside:
    http://blizzard.zmm.com/volvolock.jpg  
    The problem was that rod going toward the top left corner. It threads
    into the white piece in the middle and just needed to be adjusted a bit
    to keep the other parts from jamming. I don't remember the exact
    operation of the thing any more; it took a little examining at the time
    to figure out which piece was supposed to do what, but it wasn't rocket
    surgery."
    Ernest Scribbler
     
    Stephen Henning, Mar 3, 2006
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