doors locking on their own
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doors locking on their own
Just recently my 98 coupe has decided that it will lock the doors whenever it takes a notion to do so. Has anybody ever had this problem before?
My car does have memory and passive remotes but that doesn't seem to have anything to do with it. I have tried it both ways (passive on and passive off) and it still happens. I have heard it several times and it doesn't ever seeem to be "unlocking", it only "locks", even if it has already locked itself or has been locked by the remote.
Anybody got any suggestions?
My car does have memory and passive remotes but that doesn't seem to have anything to do with it. I have tried it both ways (passive on and passive off) and it still happens. I have heard it several times and it doesn't ever seeem to be "unlocking", it only "locks", even if it has already locked itself or has been locked by the remote.
Anybody got any suggestions?
Last edited by wb8169; Aug 4, 2008 at 10:08 PM. Reason: mistake in information
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Do you have just the one remote? If not try the other one and see if it does the same thing. I'm trying to remember that there is a particular way to turn the passive switch on and off. You stand next to the car and slide the switch to off and then walk away and out of the range of the remote. Then come back to the car. If that doesn't help then walk out of the range of the remote and slide the switch to off and then come back to the car and see if that takes care of the problem.
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Does this happen while its sitting there or while driving? If sitting, then follow RocknRoll's advice. The passive switch gets dirty and sometimes stays turned on. You can cycle the passive switch a few times and sometimes that will help.
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From: Stark County Ohio
If this only happens (doors lock) when you are outside of the car, with no fobs in range, maybe the car doesn’t like you.
Worse scenario is it happening while you are IN the car, especially if your car is named “Christine”.
Seriously though, let us now the final solution. I vote for the fob(s) acting up, but it is curious that it only “locks” the doors. Maybe the car is possessed!
Worse scenario is it happening while you are IN the car, especially if your car is named “Christine”.
Seriously though, let us now the final solution. I vote for the fob(s) acting up, but it is curious that it only “locks” the doors. Maybe the car is possessed!
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Mine does it once in a while as well. I have also read of a few magazine writer's who have also seen this happen. Needless to say I never leave my keys in the car, you never know if you can get them out.
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I haven't noticed it happening while I'm driving or any other time when the key fob is in range. It seems to happen only when the fobs are not around at all.
It all started after I had a few things apart to get at the guage assembly to install a set of aluminum guage bezels. I can't imagine that having anything to do with it but just after I completed I installed new batteries in my fobs and retrained both of them to the car.
My daughter seems to think that it happens whenever she walks by the car. Maybe it's trying to keep HER out! haha!
It all started after I had a few things apart to get at the guage assembly to install a set of aluminum guage bezels. I can't imagine that having anything to do with it but just after I completed I installed new batteries in my fobs and retrained both of them to the car.
My daughter seems to think that it happens whenever she walks by the car. Maybe it's trying to keep HER out! haha!
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I'll try the auto lock settings but I thought that was only for locking the doors automatically when you go into gear or start to move. This is happening when the car is just sitting by itself.
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I think I might have figured it out. The new batteries were causing the remotes to have a MUCH GREATER range than the old batteries did. The keys were hanging inside the house but as you would walk past the keys and open the door to go outside it would allow the passive mode to tell the door to lock again.
I'll know for sure in a couple of days if it doesn't happen again!
I'll know for sure in a couple of days if it doesn't happen again!
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From: PSL FL
I had the same problem when I bought my 98' The car would canstantly lock. I could hear the locking mechanism working about every 30 seconds. (So annoying). The car would never unlock and it was only happening when I was in the car driving. I reset the DIC center and it helped for a few minutes, then the next time for a couple days, then a week, then a month or so, and finally I reset the DIC and it has been good ever since.
I had convinced my Fiance' that the car didn't like her either becuase the car seemed to do it a lot more when she was in the car.
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The auto locks scare me sometimes. A few years back I was at work & went to get something back in the office & left the engine running. When I closed the door locked automatically. Luckily i had the spare in my pocket for some strange reason. From that point on I turned off the auto lock feature.
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i think you have to program auto lock off in options. mine auto locked/unlocked with the horn sound as well that scared me to death if i wasnt expecting it, regardless of passive on or off on the fob. i programmed it on to see what it would do so i just turned it off. kind of curious about the passive lock on the fob, though. i just turned the passive switch on and it worked in passive mode, locking and unlocking so there must be two ways of getting passive unlock/lock - one with the passive switch on and the other by turning it on in options. how about that!