Doors not locking

kinkyllama · Post by **kinkyllama** » Sun Jan 29, 2006 2:23 am

As the title says my doors arnt locking from the alarm or from the inside switch. When i hit the switch (or the alarm) they move a little but not enough to lock or unlock the doors. I dont know crap about this sorta thing so help me out. I guess im asking how i can fix this?

Danny

BosnianLanos · Post by **BosnianLanos** » Sun Jan 29, 2006 3:36 am

Perhaps a broken or loose fuse or relay, or maybe just a weak connection or ground point somewhere.

It is very strange that they activate, but not enough.

It probabally has something to do with your recent amp trouble. You probabally accidently loosened a ground point somewhere and now it is only getting intermittent power. Go through the grounds you were checking and make sure that nothing is loose.

kinkyllama · Post by **kinkyllama** » Sun Jan 29, 2006 6:58 pm

BosnianLanos wrote:
It probabally has something to do with your recent amp trouble. You probabally accidently loosened a ground point somewhere and now it is only getting intermittent power. Go through the grounds you were checking and make sure that nothing is loose.

hmm thats a very good idea.. ill check that

TheGreatAndPowerfulOz · Sun Jan 29, 2006 7:31 pm

If they move a little, it means that they are getting electricity, however, there may be physically something gotten in the way of one of the locks.

As you know, when you open or close 1 lock by hand, they all open and close at the same time.

If one lock has something physically in the way keeping it from closing, then none of the locks would close.
So, when you press the remote or try to lock them, they try to lock, but since 1 can not finish moving into place, none of them do.

Just an idea.

Cliff

kinkyllama · Post by **kinkyllama** » Sun Jan 29, 2006 7:52 pm

Yeah it was a ground wire! One weird thing though.. the drivers door lock you couldnt even lock or unlock it by hand but the rest you could. although its probably a safty thing so you dont lock yourself out.

Thanks again!

TheGreatAndPowerfulOz · Sun Jan 29, 2006 9:12 pm

Glad you found it!

whiptastic_nubira · Post by **whiptastic_nubira** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 1:48 am

kinkyllama wrote:Yeah it was a ground wire! One weird thing though.. the drivers door lock you couldnt even lock or unlock it by hand but the rest you could. although its probably a safty thing so you dont lock yourself out.

Thanks again!

you cant lock the driver door by hand with the door open. my car is the same way. door has to be closed first to lock it

daewoomofo · Post by **daewoomofo** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 2:32 am

whiptastic_nubira wrote:
kinkyllama wrote:Yeah it was a ground wire! One weird thing though.. the drivers door lock you couldnt even lock or unlock it by hand but the rest you could. although its probably a safty thing so you dont lock yourself out.

Thanks again!

you cant lock the driver door by hand with the door open. my car is the same way. door has to be closed first to lock it

yeah its really annoying, is there any way to "fix" this so you can lock the door when its open?

(sorry to jump off topic)

kinkyllama · Post by **kinkyllama** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 4:42 am

daewoomofo wrote:

(sorry to jump off topic)

Jump to any topic you want; my problems solved!

Audacity Racing · Post by **Audacity Racing** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 2:57 pm

daewoomofo wrote:
whiptastic_nubira wrote:
kinkyllama wrote:Yeah it was a ground wire! One weird thing though.. the drivers door lock you couldnt even lock or unlock it by hand but the rest you could. although its probably a safty thing so you dont lock yourself out.

Thanks again!

you cant lock the driver door by hand with the door open. my car is the same way. door has to be closed first to lock it

yeah its really annoying, is there any way to "fix" this so you can lock the door when its open?

(sorry to jump off topic)

yes... buy an aftermarket keyless setup

kinkyllama · Post by **kinkyllama** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 6:03 pm

Audacityracing wrote:
yes... buy an aftermarket keyless setup

I have a keyless setup and still cant lock the door.. actually maybe I cant. I've never set the alarm with the drivers door open. hmm...

daewoomofo · Post by **daewoomofo** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 10:54 pm

if all goes as planned im gonna shave the door handels, i just want a quick fix till i shave em ( not cost any thing)