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1996 Toyota Estima Lucida side door wont open problems in United Kingdom

Name: side door wont open
Item: 1996 Toyota Estima Lucida
Rating: 6.6
Author: robin page

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Date:	May 17, 2010, 1:39 pm
Name:	robin page
Location:	United Kingdom, Surrey, Weybridge
Vehicle:	Toyota Estima Lucida
Year:	1996
Problems:	Neither door handel is functioning and the sliding door (n/s) will not open

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August 6, 2010, 6:47 am from: Mandy

Looks like my problem (with a Granvia), lots of info on the net most seems to suggest and I quote "What I did to get it to open (refer to the photo):

I tried disassembling the 'Slide Door Closer' - the black box above the "clamper" motor in the top left. It contains a couple of relays and presumably tells the "clamper" motor when to switch on and when to switch off, using microswitches invisible behind the inner door skin as sensors. It gets its power via the yellow and white+red wires in the corrugated plastic conduit and is connected to the spring contacts in the front-edge of the door-frame.

The voltage on the line from the door contacts is odd - its 3.5v when the white connector near the front edge is disconnected, but when connected there's no voltage at the "black box" connector - weird!

With the white connector disconnected, I applied 12v from a spare battery across the yellow and the white+red leads - to my disappointment, nothing happened. But when I reconnected the white connector (with the 12v disconnected), the "clamper" motor suddenly whirred into life and the door latch could be opened!

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