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Central Locking Ball Ache

Posted: Tue May 07, 2013 4:46 pm
by minimoose
Central locking on my 5th will lock and open passenger side door but will not on drivers side! Can't hear it engaging the motor or anythin! Any ideas much appreciated :)

Posted: Tue May 07, 2013 4:47 pm
by Donald
Give the interior lock a bit of a jiggle, spray some stuff on it.

Every now and then my passenger lock wont do anything (no sound, no movement) because it sticks half way, pot luck as to whether it sticks locked or sticks unlocked. I should sort it really :lol:

Posted: Tue May 07, 2013 4:55 pm
by wurlycorner
Is that when operated by the key or from a remote fob, minimoose?

If it's from the key, that has nothing to do with the central locking, it's purely mechanical linkage between the lock barrel and the lock itself so as Donal says, investigate it on that basis.

Posted: Tue May 07, 2013 5:22 pm
by minimoose
Sorry forgot say :oops: its from key fob works fine with key :s

Posted: Tue May 07, 2013 5:57 pm
by bennyboy
Has it ever worked? If not, could be you need an actuator in the drivers door (had the same setup when I bought my lude with the Honda fitted alarm/immob). I added the actuator and roberts your mothers brother.

Posted: Tue May 07, 2013 6:12 pm
by minimoose
Yeh has worked before but of late been doing it everynow and again! Then today won't even lock car now or open it :( makes me look a right tit when go open my car door and its still locked

Posted: Tue May 07, 2013 6:15 pm
by Donald
Oh I LOVE it when that happens. Swag as drokk when you bowl out of the petrol station shop to get in the car and you can't get in. 8-)

Posted: Tue May 07, 2013 6:29 pm
by minimoose
:facepalm:
Donald wrote:Oh I LOVE it when that happens. Swag as drokk when you bowl out of the petrol station shop to get in the car and you can't get in. 8-)
Its asif you were there lol! Don't tell me you were in the bushes

Posted: Tue May 07, 2013 6:37 pm
by Donald
You gotta style it out, pretend you have an important business call and put your phone to your head and talk loudly about the FTSE, mean while look around like you don't give a toss who's queuing. Own that forecourt. Whilst your busy pissing everyone off, use the key to get in, sit in the car with the door still open, wave your hands a bit. "Yeah yeah yeah, have Bernice fax you a hires schematic of my gentleman's sausage. Ciao." Shut the door, start up the engine on 4k revs, pull out on any rhubarb as you leave the station.

That's how I do it anyway. 8-)

#yolo

Posted: Tue May 07, 2013 6:53 pm
by minimoose
Donald wrote:You gotta style it out, pretend you have an important business call and put your phone to your head and talk loudly about the FTSE, mean while look around like you don't give a toss who's queuing. Own that forecourt. Whilst your busy pissing everyone off, use the key to get in, sit in the car with the door still open, wave your hands a bit. "Yeah yeah yeah, have Bernice fax you a hires schematic of my gentleman's sausage. Ciao." Shut the door, start up the engine on 4k revs, pull
out on an y rhubarb as you leave the station.

That's how I do it anyway. 8-)

#yolo
This Is where I have been going wrong lol