2003 Rover 25 Questions

[Ben_O]

Hi all.

Wondered if any 25 owners could answer a question about a 25 that i am looking at on behalf of my mother in law?

 

It's a 2003 model with electric windows and electric sunroof but i don't know if it has central locking??

 

The problem is, the lock barrel is missing from the drivers door handle and by pushing down the little pegs in the top of each door trim only locks each individual door.

 

Replacing the lock barrel won't be a problem but is the fact that this is missing causing the central locking not to work or does it just not have it? OR is there another problem?

It has the fob with the lock/unlock buttons which seem to work as pressing the lock button arms the alarm which then starts wailing when I open the door and also deactivates by pressing the unlock button

 

It's a great car otherwise and has low mileage, one owner from new and FSH but I don't want to get it if sorting this issue is going to be a headache.

 

Any thoughts?

 

Cheers

 

Ben

[HH-R]

Do you know which model it is?

 

I'd imagine it does have central locking as it sounds quite high spec and by 2003 just about all of the trim levels will have had it.

 

The door solenoids on Metros were a common failure, not sure if this affected the 25 too.

 

The drivers lock barrels had microswitches in them in order to allow you to enter an emergency access code in case of fob failure so this missing out of the circuit could be causing issues.

 

Is it a round fob with three buttons arranged round the logo or a two button fob?

 

The former were a different body control unit (later) and were pretty shite. 2003 could be either. I'd take a guess at the earlier two button fob though.

[crapcarcollector]

It should have CL on the fob. Could be a blown fuse, door solenoid, anything really. The really question you should ask yourself is 'is it cheap enough?' That way if you fiddle with it and sort it, winner. If you don't sort it, punt it on at no loss.

These things are absurdly cheap.

Crapcarcollector junior has the ex ruffgeezer 25 Streetwise which despite being ace is worth the square root of fuck all. Which is fine, seeing as it cost me 2 raffle tickets

 

 

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[sierraman]

Round my way people either want the earth for them or giving them away. Spotted a 75 Diesel recently full test with history £450. At that money you can't go wrong - run it till either the pump or the DMF packs in.

[oldcars]

Round my way people either want the earth for them or giving them away. Spotted a 75 Diesel recently full test with history £450. At that money you can't go wrong - run it till either the pump or the DMF packs in.

Then spend £££ fixing it because once you have one you will love it 

[sierraman]

No I'm not very sentimental like that. I like them a lot but I'd not waste money on stuff. If it affects the likelihood of it starting, safety or is cheap enough to save me money in the long run i.e greasing the brake pipes etc it'll get done. Dents, scratches etc just get left unless I can fix them for next to nothing.

[oldcars]

No I'm not very sentimental like that. I like them a lot but I'd not waste money on stuff. If it affects the likelihood of it starting, safety or is cheap enough to save me money in the long run i.e greasing the brake pipes etc it'll get done. Dents, scratches etc just get left unless I can fix them for next to nothing.

I am  . Spent a fortune getting my 75 up to scratch. Plan on keeping if for ever so i'm happy.

[sierraman]

The 75's don't rust really, the suspension is fairly hardy. Likely cause of death? Clutch slave cylinder failure or fuel injection trouble. Trying to her the fuel system clean with new filters and decent fuel will help.

[Ben_O]

Thanks for the replies.

 

It's a 2 button fob.

 

This car is not really cheap but is a good low miler with FSH and the seller hasagreed to have the lockig issue sorted pre-purchase so no need to worry now.

 

Cheers

​Ben