Help with Automatic door locking.
Oldfatslob
03-04-2005, 10:55 AM
This is my first post here.
I have a 1995 Cadillac Sedan Deville and the problem is whenever i remove the key and lock the doors with the power locks, then close the door, in about a second, all the doors unlock themselves. Then I have to lock them again. If I don't lock them in the fist place, they still stay unlocked. I have read in the manual that the dealership can set it to lock or not whenever the key is removed and the door is closed. My question is, is there a way I can do that without taking it to the dealership?
I have a 1995 Cadillac Sedan Deville and the problem is whenever i remove the key and lock the doors with the power locks, then close the door, in about a second, all the doors unlock themselves. Then I have to lock them again. If I don't lock them in the fist place, they still stay unlocked. I have read in the manual that the dealership can set it to lock or not whenever the key is removed and the door is closed. My question is, is there a way I can do that without taking it to the dealership?
caddydaddy
03-05-2005, 06:34 PM
It could be the the park position switch going bad. Do the doors unlock when you put it in park, and lock when it's in gear?
Oldfatslob
03-07-2005, 04:33 PM
It does not lock when I put it in park, and also, I think that if it were the park position sensor, then it probably would not start in park. The doors even unlock when I start driving, instead of locking. It's as it's the reverse of what is supposed to happen.
Oldfatslob
03-21-2005, 04:55 PM
I finally figured out what the problem is. The dumb power lock mechanism in the door is not locking the passenger doors all the way, even when I lock them with the clueless, I mean keyless entry thing. That would cause the dumb auto locking crap to unlock the doors. I suppose, I'll have to get new locking motors if I don't want to have to lock them manually all the time.
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