Leave for 10 15 minutes and reconnect make sure you have the radio code etc beforehand.
Passenger door wont lock with central locking.
You have a broken wire.
Hi all just picked up a 2004 cooper s and discovered it has a central locking problem with just the drivers door.
I have pulled the door card off and checked the cable from the button to the lock and lubricated it but it seems to move freely.
If the remote still operates the drivers side door lock and it will manually unlock with the key it s possible the central lock mechanism in the drivers door is no longer sending a signal to all the other doors to lock unlock.
By which i mean lock all the doors the car and disconnect the battery.
This video is a demonstration of conventional methods used to prove an electrical device is faulty before replacing it.
The central locking door lock mechanisms on saab 9 3s and 9 5s are known to occasionally stop working properly.
If the lock isn t getting power hold the lock switch either up or down and then open and close the door repeatedly to see if the lock will work.
The solenoid is bad.
Turn it off and then on again.
Circuit testing and voltage drop test.
The front passenger door does lock and unlock with the key.
If it works sometimes you probably have a broken wire.
The two little bolts remove the white plastic thing the large three torx heads get the actual locking mech off.
It is possible to strip the unit down to repair it however it s not without.
Somebody suggested disconnecting the battery for a bit and then reconnecting in the hope the central locking would reset itself but it has not made a difference.
If you press unlock on the remote passenger door and boot unlock but not the drivers door so have to use the key in the lock but once open if you press lock the door locks but if you.
The issue tends to start out intermittent and then worsen with time.
The nearside rear door on my s max has a bit of an issue with locking.
Replacing it may require removing the car door panel.
Sometimes it will lock and sometimes it wont.
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Each mech contains the cable that unlocks the door and the rod iirc you just have to re attach the rod to the exterior door handle.
When you hit the central locking button on the remote the affected door often won t lock or won t unlock if it was already locked.