Central Locking not working...

[Mr Kluger]

G'day All... I gotta a little problem...

The front passenger door lock switch that has that little red sticker on it has stopped working today...

normal operation with central locking sees the switch lock / unlock...

today it just stopped working... the other 3 are fine...

ive thought about disconnecting battery to reset car electronics... if that doesnt work i will try to open the door to have a look at it... maybe something came lose...

any ideas?

this will be the first time i open the doors.. seen it done never done it myself... if its easy im sure some more led lights can be slotted in here or there

ps... door still works in manual mode gotta push it with fingers... Dodgy... (cant use remote!)

[Rolla Boy]

Pull off the door trim and check the central locking solenoid, see if it has power and earth when the central locking is operated...

If it has both power and earth then the solenoid is stuffed and needs replacing, if it has no power or no earth then trace your wiring and find the problem...

Good luck :) :) :) ...

[Topdog]

Had a similar problem with my window winders where the passenger side would intermittently not work from the drivers side armrest console but would work OK using the passenger side one. The fault was in the driver side armrest unit, which I was advised by Toyota are supposedly not serviceable and a new unit would be around $400. Being the cheapskate that I am I decided to have a go at fixing it, which I did successfully and here's how to do it.

Carefully with a small screwdriver or similar, lever out the unit from the armrest, unplug the unit and take to a oomfortable clean workspace. You will now need a small philips head screwdriver, some very fine wet/dry paper or points file., a pencil and paper, white sheet or pillow case.

Very carefully unscrew the base and remove it. Be warned the pieces inside are small and some are spring loaded. Once you have the base off note how the unit and all contacts are assembled.

What you will find is that some or all of the contacts will be very dirty with a lot of black carbon on them and it is this that needs to be cleaned off using the wet/dry paper or small file.

I found it easier to remove all the moving parts and clean the lot. This is why it is very important to remember how it all goes together, though you will find that is it reasonably easy to reassemble but fiddly. Another suggestion is to do everything on a large sheet of paper or even an old white bed sheet.

That make it easy to find any dropped parts.

Once you have cleaned all the contacts reassemble the unit very carefully and plug the unit back in and replace in the armrest.

If all went well the unit should now function OK.

It can be done but be very careful.

A quick fix sometimes is to try and spray some CR7 or similar in under the switch button. This I have found is only a short term fix as it will not remove the carbon buildup on the cotacts, but you could be lucky and find it is only a sticky switch unit.

Edit: On reflection my reply may not be the answer to your problem is but I will leave the info here as it may just help someone.

Don't know if that helps but if you're game give it a go.

Edited December 3, 2007 by Topdog

[plAythiNG]

yea, i ahve the exact same problem, but it works most of the time, only sometimes the button on drivers side / or key ring button will not lock / unlock the passnger side front door.