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51 21 090 Removing And Installing/Replacing Door Lock In Left Or Right Front Door

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Special tools required: 

Necessary preliminary tasks: 

Feed out Bowden cable on carrier.

  1. Pull out Bowden cable towards bottom.
  2. Pull out cable at side.
  3. Clip (Bowden cable with blue sealing cap only)
    Fig 1: Pulling Out Bowden Cable Towards Bottom
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IMPORTANT:

Do not damage door lock seal when removing.

Unclip lock knob control rod (1).

Release screws (2).

Remove door lock from inside with drive facing forwards (twist out).

IMPORTANT:

To avoid leakage and electrical malfunction, pull door lock with special tool 51 2 190  into corner (3), refer to next work step.

Door lock must be at zero current with

Soft Close Automatic (risk of damage).

Fig 2: Unclipping Lock Knob Control Rod
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Installation: 

Installation: 

IMPORTANT:

To tension door lock (1), it is only permitted to turn knurled screw (2) by a further 1 to 1.5 turns (max.) (risk of damage).

Door lock seal must be uniformly positioned (water ingress).

Fig 4: Identifying Special Tool 51 2 190 And Knurled Screw
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Note on installation (driver's side only): 

Feed paddle (1) into bushing (2) from below.

Fig 5: Identifying Paddle And Bushing
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Installation: 

Bowden cable (1) and fibre optics cable (2) must be routed below bridge (3).

No fibre optics cables are fitted from build date 04/2004.

Fig 6: Identifying Bowden Cable And Fibre Optics Cable
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Installation: 

Seal (1) must not be damaged.

Fig 7: Identifying Seal
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Replacement: 

Feed out Bowden cable:

  1. Pull out Bowden cable sleeve.
  2. Turn Bowden cable and pull out.
    Fig 8: Pulling Out Bowden Cable Sleeve
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