anybody else experience this?
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anybody else experience this?
seems like alot of the time, i have to hit the unlock button 3, 4, 5 times or more to unlock the passenger door. the driver door unlocks with one press virtually every time. but me being the chivalrous guy i am, i like to get the door for my sweetie. i am in the habit now of pressing the button a half dozen more times after i see the lights come on because that's generally a safe number to unlock the door. anybody else run into this?
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I just press my unlock button twice. Passenger door opens every time. Maybe your battery is weak and needs replacement?
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Originally Posted by GrayC5
Once for driver's door and a second time for passenger's door here too. 
I always push the wrong botton and the damn hatch flips up. Wife tell me that's what I get for having fat fingers.
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Originally Posted by clutchdust
seems like alot of the time, i have to hit the unlock button 3, 4, 5 times or more to unlock the passenger door. the driver door unlocks with one press virtually every time. but me being the chivalrous guy i am, i like to get the door for my sweetie. i am in the habit now of pressing the button a half dozen more times after i see the lights come on because that's generally a safe number to unlock the door. anybody else run into this?
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From: Hayward (Bay Area) CA
Originally Posted by Lithium
haha...i always find myself doing the same thing. I press that button like 5 or 6 times to make sure it's open. I agree tho, sometimes if you just press it twice it doesn't unlock the passenger side.
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Originally Posted by Vette_Fan
You all dont use the Passive option, to automatically open doors.. Or was that an extra option only on certain cars? I thought all C5s had it
If you had the window valet, you would know from a distance when the passenger door was unlocked because your windows would be going down too. They go down on the third push of the unlock...or in your case the 4th or 5th or 6th push...
Also, you may try to "aim" the fob at the receiver that is behind the driver front fender well and see if you have any better luck.
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My passenger door usually unlocks on the second push of the fob button. Could be the angle you approach the car. Sometimes mine does not want to acknowledge the remote if I come towards the car from a certain angle.
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Originally Posted by GrayC5
Once for driver's door and a second time for passenger's door here too.
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From: Ft. Lauderdale Florida
This is a common problem on C5's. I had the same intermittant problem; always the pax side. Dealer replaced the module under warranty. Problem solved. If it is not under warranty, it will run about $350.
