central locking

[moogle]

hey guys just need some help with central locking! central locking died on me couple of months ago. So i thought that my battery is running out in my remote, i got the battery replaced but the car still wouldnt lock or unlock when i pressed the button :( sometimes it takes ages as well for the car alarm immobilizer to trigger off..

any ideas what the problem is?

[ASSaZiN]

maybe a loose wire somewhere,
check your fuses

[blk_shadow]

what about the actuators? are they still good?

[ginbulag]

yeah, check wires and fuses if they're lose or have bad contact.
i'd use the key to open the doors and see if the actuators get triggered.
If i still can't figure it out.. then i'd get my tester and check if there's current being sent out.

always good to check the easiest first :)

[sangyz]

i say its the central locking motor inside of the door trim, same thing happened to me i changed over the whole central locking unit and it worked fine and its very easy to change can get a set of 4 from jb hi-fi very cheap :D

[richy b]

is it a genuine central locking or non-gen?? test the power to the master actuator plug, is its getting power there at the wires when unlocking and locking with the remote ( use a test light), then u know the prob is with the actuator

[Bludger]

i say its the central locking motor inside of the door trim, same thing happened to me i changed over the whole central locking unit and it worked fine and its very easy to change can get a set of 4 from jb hi-fi very cheap :Dyeah, all the actuators just happen to die all at the same time....

[02gzm]

yeah, all the actuators just happen to die all at the same time....

I haven't worked out why yet but this is true (and really annoying). It's happened to me twice over the years. Even with different aftermarket actuators in each door :(