Help Changing Locks (and Ignition)

[radek135]

a few months ago somebody had a go at my girlfriends driver and passenger door locks on her saxo.

this resulted in her having to lock the doors from the inside (by popping down the nib and shutting the door) when leaving the car and using the boot (by leaning in and pulling up the locks) to get back in again.

 

she took it to her local garage and when she went to pick it up they'd only fitted one lock (they said the other was fine) and gave her two spare keys.

....problem is that she has to use a seperate key to get into the car from the one to start it!

 

(in fact now neither locks work again)

 

she's looking to sell it soon and i was hoping someone could point me in the direction of a guide to fitting new locks on it...would it be in haynes?

i was told by someone to get a lock set (ignition barrel,door/boot locks/and petrol cap) from ebay or somewhere and fit it myself ..can get all the tools and that and im quite handy...just wouldn't mind some sort of guidlines for reference.

 

 

any help and advice would be mucho appreciated.

 

 

ps not central locking...older style

[ox45]

I can give you rough advice as i have done this on a '99 saxo vtr:

 

The door locks are easy, remove the door card then the inside handle (slide towards hinges and then unhook), if necessary undo the 3 torx screws on the inner edge of the door to aid rod removal and remove the lock backing plate (wedges in between the door metal and the lock) then unhook the rod on that lock, put new in and reconnect everything, it should take no more than 5-10 mins each side.

 

For the ignition lock remove the cowling underneath and make sure that you VERY carefully remove the pickup ring (assuming it has one) this is like a black ring around the barrel, you need to turn your key to position 1 and there is a press tab in one of the barrel casing holes, this enables the barrel to pull out, disconnect the wires and pull it out of the holder, slot the new one back in and reconnect.

 

*** on mine if the key does not go to position 1 the lock assembly has to be cut off the steering column ***

 

This should be a similar process on most saxos if in any serious doubt contact your local citroen specialist or try a haynes

 

hope this helps in some way B)