2002 Outback H6 VDC

 

When I use the drivers side window - all 4 door locks are activating.  Quits doing it when the car is off I believe.

 

I suppose this means the drivers side door master switch is going bad.....buy everything works fine - all buttons work - i just have the added "feature" of the doors locking (or is it unlocking) when I use the window switch.

Maybe the lock linkage is getting caught when you roll the window up and locking your door making the others lock? Weird.

sounds like a wiring short worn insulation, bare copper wire exposed on 2 wires maybe.

probably where the wires go from the chassis, a-pillar, to the door it self.

 

the reason it does not do it when the car is off is because the windows have no power when the car is off.

Second what John said. Pinched or chaffed wires, probably in the flexible section between the door and a-pillar. See if it does the same when the door is open.

sounds like a wiring short worn insulation, bare copper wire exposed on 2 wires maybe.

probably where the wires go from the chassis, a-pillar, to the door it self.

 

the reason it does not do it when the car is off is because the windows have no power when the car is off.

 

ah short - i forgot i had left the windows down in the rain earlier last night...like an hour or two before i drove it....didn't do it right away so it was dry and i had forgotten about that by the time it started acting funny. 

 

i'll open the panel and let it dry out while i'm doing front suspension stuffs today.