Tara
8/23/2007 12:03:10 PM
How difficult is it to change the rear door latches on an '03 Discovery? I am just over the 50k warranty, but Land Rover has agreed to offer parts but not labor. The dealership is going to charge $400+ for labor. That's just out of the question for us. Hoping to do it ourselves.
Disco Mike
8/23/2007 12:17:08 PM
Are you talking about the rear passanger door or the tail gate?
Tara
8/23/2007 12:28:18 PM
Rear doors...not tailgate.
Disco Mike
8/23/2007 12:43:15 PM
Just out of curiosity what is wrong with your's, they normally don't fail?
Tara
8/23/2007 12:57:25 PM
The automatic locks stopped working a couple of weeks ago. I took it to the dealership b/c I didn't want to mess with the panel and wires. I figured I could let them figure out what was wrong with it before I started buying parts for it. They told me the door latches needed to be replaced. The guy that explained it to me made it sound like a fairly common problem. He said you could experience intermittent problems (working then not) for a while. Then it could completely go, and it could lock in either the open or closed position.
Disco Mike
8/23/2007 1:43:23 PM
You might want to consider downloading a Rave CD which has the complete shop manual on your vehicle, it makes it easy to change out the latch assembly.
Tara
8/23/2007 2:17:47 PM
Thanks for the info. Where can I find that?