Change broken internal contacts.
Remote wont lock driver door.
Driver door won t lock all of a sudden.
Sep 12 2013 12 56am.
Driver door lock not working with remote key.
All other doors are ok but the driver door doesn t unlock half of the time.
Recently my driver door lock has started to not work when i unlock truck with my keyless remote.
This morning wife took the car out and called me telling me that she cannot lock the driver side of door with the remote even insert the key in the key hole won t lock unlock the door she was able to lock unlock the rest 3 doors fine with the remote.
When this issue occurs it s typically caused by an electrical short or damaged fuse which supplies electricity to the power door lock.
If the truck sits for a period of time hour or longer it seems to work but not always.
Use a spray white lthium grease and spray the heck out of the latch mechanism in the door jam.
If i force it down or use the interior switch to drop it down it springs back up.
All lock posts drop down except for the driver door.
I know it could be the actuator but also some other things have gone wrong i just don t know what those might be or what to test.
If the smart fob does not have any physical damage the easiest solution to fix this issue is to.
The lock could also be binding up from lack of lube.
Use your key to work the lock back and forth to get grease inbetween the plates.
All doors and trunk are closed.
A key fob casing is mostly plastic and it gets exposed to lots of abuse.
July 6 2016 3 58am 4.
As a side note when all doors are locked using the remote and driver door with key if i use the key to manually open the driver door the alarm goes off the.
The lock works when i use the key in the keyhole.
Hi all my first post to this forum.
Troubleshooting of remote key won t unlock car door swap the battery.
I have two key fobs both have same result.