[s-cars] Continued Electrical Problems - Door Locks/Alarm

[Kirby Smith]

This may have no effect on your problem, but it will sooner or later
have an effect on some other problem.  Pull back the accordian boot near
your door hinge and look at the wires with broken insulation.  Fix them.

kirby


Mike at Home wrote:
> 
> Hi Guys - I took the advice a few of you gave me a couple of weeks ago and
> still have not been able to fix the door lock problem I'm having. The advice
> given was the removal of the "A1" relay in the fuse box and optionally going
> through the battery disconnect sequence. Neither one of those remedies
> worked.
> 
> Here are the symptoms again:  When trying to unlock the door from the
> outside manually with the key, the door lock knob comes up, but then
> immediately goes back down and the alarm sets. The only way I can get in the
> car is to hold the key in the unlock position for about 2-3 seconds, then
> the knob stays up. Once in the car, intermittently the door lock with lock
> and the alarm will set. This prevents me from starting the car. In that
> case, I need to turn on the ignition, roll down the window and manually open
> the door lock with the key. Also intermittently, the alarm will set as soon
> as I put the key in the ignition. When that happens, the door locks lock and
> the alarm sets, again preventing me from starting the car.
> 
> On a possibly related note, I can hear the door locks trying to open while
> I'm driving. There is a sound from the back seat that whirs intermittently
> for about a minute or so.
> 
> The battery is brand new and fully charged and I don't appear to be having
> any other electrical issues at this time.
> 
> Your insight appreciated.
> 
> Mike Bishoff
> Seattle, WA
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