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my passenger side door has started to stay locked when i open the doors with the central locking. The central locking button on the console is lit and when pressed the passenger lock opens up.

i wonder whether this is a safety feature so that you can have only the drivers door unlocking, which you might use if you were in a dodgy area.

does anyone know how i cancel it ?!

thanks
 
No, it's broken.[FONT=verdana,geneva"] [FONT=verdana,geneva"]I'm not a cental locking expert, but I think it is a microswitch on the driver's door lock that is not working, so you mechanically unlock the driver's door, but the rest of the central locking doesn't "know" so the passenger door stays locked.[FONT=verdana,geneva"]
 
I seem to have the same problem. My passenger door has stopped locking when the driver's door is locked with the key (I now have to manually lock the passenger door). I've read it's some small plastic part underneath the flashing button....anybody help on that one?
 
Isn't everybody lovely on this site? [:D]

Final question - where would I get hold of the 944.537.511.00 plastic part (which seems obvious it is)

Thanks all.
 
I would go to Adrian Oxley at Exeter OPC (01392 822841) as he'll beat any other OPC price and probably post a small bit of plastic for free. Bert may also have them at Berlyn Services. Either way get it from Devon [;)]
 
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my passenger side door has started to stay locked when i open the doors with the central locking. The central locking button on the console is lit and when pressed the passenger lock opens up.

i wonder whether this is a safety feature so that you can have only the drivers door unlocking, which you might use if you were in a dodgy area.

does anyone know how i cancel it ?!

thanks
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thanks for all the guidance

Fen - if my passenger door opens when i use the central locking button on the console, is it unlikely to be the plastic part that has broken ?
 
That's why I say the problem is with the driver's door; button works passenger one OK, but turning driver's lock with key does not, therefore it's the driver's lock not triggering the central locking.
 
I'd say Fen's prognosis is correct.

The trigger for the CL is on the lock barrel, but it's a different unit to the actuators.

If the drivers side has gone....

1. Use central button = only passengers side moves as it's the only non-broken actuator.
2. Use passengers side lock = passengers door opens. This triggers CL but (with the rod snapped) the drivers side doesn't actuate.
3. Use drivers side lock = passengers side opens when your key turning triggers the CL. You move the drivers side lock with the key however. You should notice the door "pin" rises after the passengers side and moves in time with your hand turning.
 
ok... So starting with the obvious first, I checked the fuse. Blown. The replacement blew as soon as it was inserted...

So... I have a short... any-one any idea of particularly likely culprits before I have to start wading through the wiring diagram and disconnecting stuff?

TIA

Tref.
 
If it's a short, I'd be suspecting the connection wires where they pass through the door shuts. Movement = chafing = broken insulation = short.

I'm not going to give a fat lot away on an open forum about the way the locking system works, but get the wiring diagrams from the usual source and it's all pretty easy.


Oli.
 
That would be my "first guess" too... what I'm looking for is a connector that I can pull apart and isolate each door in turn/put a multimeter on and see which stops teh fuse from blowing/contains the short...
I am guessing that is in the footwell or under the dash somewhere, or is it hard-wired through to the fusebox?

Thanks for that,

Tref.
 
Tref,

Sorry, I don't know where such a connector is, or even if there is one.

I'm sure someone on here will tho'.


Oli.
 
clipped under the steering column is the central locking module.
you can fault find from the plug on that in the workshop manual (It has a troubleshooting guide), which can be downloaded, from where i cant remember.
Quite often central locking faults are down to the little plastic arms on the locking assembly, they break really easily.
Best of luck
 
Tried a search but found nothing, so thanks for that.[;)]

In Mik's 4th photo down on the link it shows the back of the door handle with a small ball joint type thing and on the 3rd photo it has a plastic clip on it. Anyone knows what the other end of this connects to as this seems to be missing off my car. [&:]
 
The white plastic clip (the one with a small cup which clips onto the ball joint) in my door lock has finally split.
I have fixed it temporary with a very thin metal wire and I don't think it will last long though. Can someone please advice the part number for that white plastic clip?



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