central locking probs

[Yozman2000]

when i lock my car the passenger side door locks and then unlocks or doesn't respond at all . is this cem related? or am i barking up the wrong tree?

Again thanks in advance

[Raffadakis]

Searching the forums would have let you to the answer As there is only a locking motor on the passenger side, you can only central lock the two doors, if you use the driver's side lock (this will activate the locking motor on the passenger side) Well using the lock on the passenger side should at least lock the passenger side though

Greetz
Raff

[Yozman2000]

Perhaps i wasn't clea r, i meant that when i lock the drivers door the passenger side door locks and then unlocks or doesn't respond at all.

[Raffadakis]

Perhaps i wasn't clea r, i meant that when i lock the drivers door the passenger side door locks and then unlocks or doesn't respond at all.

Hmm this might be caused by the CEM. Althouhg might be only bad contacts/wires.

[Quagmire_GT]

Also car is cutting out and the auduble clickin on the indicators have stopped...

[Yozman2000]

Right, will double check the door wiring in the morning. will keep you posted . cheers all

[Yozman2000]

Right, i have replaced the cem, still no better. am gonna start swapping over door parts with the spares i have now. indicator/warning noise has started working again, thanks quagmire gt

[glasgowjim]

Quagmire ?????

I am getting confused with the interlacing of threads here. The CEM does not affect the running of the car engine will work without a cem being plugged in.

this answer for quagmire not anyone else . If you want an answer go get your own answer

[Yozman2000]

sorry quagmire gt is my brother who has been helping me fix the car. we had had a couple of "talks" about the cem i said that it only handled the electics NOT the running of the engine. thanks for clearing that up for us Jim

[Yozman2000]

right, have replaced all the electrics in passenger door and its still the same

any ideas?

[Quagmire_GT]

yeah Jim i only stated these other faults because they all came at once rather than seperate

[Steve Long]

Yozman2000, did you find a solution? My 95 GT started playing silly beggers yesterday.
I can unlock the entire car with the key in the drivers door but as soon as I open the driver's door the passenger's door re-locks itself and the alarm turns on (I can still drive it even when the alarm is on, turning on the ignition turns off the alarm LED).
If I then open the driver's door, the passenger's door unlocks - I close it, it locks again!
Sometimes none of this happens! We get in the car and all is normal, I start the engine and a few seconds later the passenger's door locks! Turn off the ignition and the alarm LED starts flashing immediately.
If I leave the keys in the ignition and get out of the car, chances are that opening the driver's door a second time in order to get back in will trigger the alrm leading to a demonstration of the car's horn!
My suspicion is that it is related to the driver's door courtesy switch or a fractured wire in the door loom. Any thoughts?

[Yozman2000]

no sorry still had no luck. am gonna look at changing the wiring in the doors when i get some better weather.

[Renter]

I had similar problems with my drivers door a couple of years ago.
Turned out to be a faulty dip switch in the door lock mechanism. This upset the car in knowing if the door was locked or not and opened or closed the passenger door and alarm at will. (favourably in the middle of the night pissing the neighbours off)
They replaced dipswitch and problems solved.

Hope this helps.

[chriskay]

I had similar problems with my drivers door a couple of years ago.
Turned out to be a faulty dip switch in the door lock mechanism. This upset the car in knowing if the door was locked or not and opened or closed the passenger door and alarm at will. (favourably in the middle of the night pissing the neighbours off)
They replaced dipswitch and problems solved.

Hope this helps.

To prevent confusion, the "dipswitch" has nothing to do with the lights & is more usually called a microswitch. (If I understand this correctly).

Cheers, Chris.

[Yozman2000]

is that the switch in the keylock lock? if so i have replaced it. lol

[Agwa Moose]

Had the same problem on my TT

Replaced all the lock bits in the passenger door - no change

Went through as much of the wiring as I could find - no change

In the end the cure was simple...

Disconnect the central locking, problem solved

J

[Yozman2000]

its looking like a good idea the more i think about it! lol

[ted clutch]

Searching the forums would have let you to the answer As there is only a locking motor on the passenger side, you can only central lock the two doors, if you use the driver's side lock (this will activate the locking motor on the passenger side) Well using the lock on the passenger side should at least lock the passenger side though

Greetz
Raff

this is not true on either of my es's. the drivers door can be locked from the passenger side. what model is yours?

[Yozman2000]

Mine is a 1990 es 1.7 and it only locks from drivers side. maybe newer models lock from both doors?