AussieIan Posted August 23, 2009 Share Posted August 23, 2009 (edited) The car suffers from intermittent operation of the central locking. Basically sometimes it works the it wont. I have replaced the battery in the remote but this made no difference:-\ Edited August 23, 2009 by AussieIan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoobywagon Posted August 23, 2009 Share Posted August 23, 2009 You're asking about central locking, but talking about a remote which suggests a keyless entry problem. These are separate systems in the car. Generally, Keyless Entry means just that. You have a remote to lock and unlock the car allowing you to enter the car without a key. Central locking systems generally use the driver's door lock as a "master" lock. Essentially, the driver's door lock actuator knows what position it is in. When its position changes, it then tells all the other doors in the vehicle to be in the same position. So...when your car is misbehaving, what does it do? Does it fail to unlock from the remote at all? Does it only unlock the driver's door? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AussieIan Posted August 23, 2009 Author Share Posted August 23, 2009 You're asking about central locking, but talking about a remote which suggests a keyless entry problem. These are separate systems in the car. Generally, Keyless Entry means just that. You have a remote to lock and unlock the car allowing you to enter the car without a key. Central locking systems generally use the driver's door lock as a "master" lock. Essentially, the driver's door lock actuator knows what position it is in. When its position changes, it then tells all the other doors in the vehicle to be in the same position. So...when your car is misbehaving, what does it do? Does it fail to unlock from the remote at all? Does it only unlock the driver's door? Sometimes it will lock with the remote and then refuse to unlock and vice versa. Its totally unpredictable. It will always lock/unlock with the key. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoobywagon Posted August 23, 2009 Share Posted August 23, 2009 Ok...so the problem resides with the keyless entry system. If you've replaced the battery in the remote with no improvement, then you've likely got a keyless entry control unit problem and that really means a replacement. Its a stand alone module in most cases and so is easily replaceable. That's really the only route available to you. These things are very "black box" in that everything they do is internal. Yes, a good electronics tech could probably sort it out, but that would get very expensive in time/labor. The other option, of course, is to install an aftermarket system. Just a thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AussieIan Posted August 24, 2009 Author Share Posted August 24, 2009 Thanks Scooby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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