Door latch locked while door open

thoodganks | 2025-09-27 10:56 | 7 views

Picked up my new Seal today and love it, but had a weird issue where I couldn't physically shut the rear left passenger door because the latch was down as if it was locked, so it was just deflecting each time I tried. In the end I had to push against the latch with a screwdriver while pulling the door handle open to get the latch open. I am not sure how it happened -all I can say is it was open for 20 mins or so before I realized the issue, and we also had the child lock on to stop it opening from the inside. Has anyone else experienced anything like this?

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red_dragin 2025-09-27 11:14

Just a once off? I've not experienced it on the Seal but have on cars before. How you fixed it is the right way, it's how it all works when the door is closed.

thoodganks 2025-09-27 11:25

Yeah so far. Only got the car this morning, and it happened in the evening. My 4 year old was playing around in the (switched off) car while the door was open, so not sure if he somehow managed to do it

red_dragin 2025-09-27 12:07

If you push a bar (or finger) into the latch mechanism, it'll catch like the door is closed. I pulled a door card off my previous car, chasing a rattle and did this to confirm correct operation of the handles etc before screwing everything down again. It was actually this I was recalling in my original reply. Likely what has happened. Related tips: Door handles have retraced, push on one end, grab the other to pull back out (or lock and unlock). Car seems unresponsive - push lock/unlock on door handle five times to wake up the car (never encountered it personally).

thoodganks 2025-09-27 12:13

Thanks for the help!

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