Central locking.

Lol · Post by **Lol** » 04 Apr 2010, 05:20

Yippee, I'm back to owning a Volvo. Yes, it isn't the most glamorous of Volvo's but few other cars give you that "comfy and well being" feeling, ignition on or off. There's a fly in the ointment though. The drivers door central locking is a little weird. Use the remote control to lock it and it double blips. It locks and then unlocks while the other doors just lock. Has anyone come across this before and is there an easy fix?
Thanks for your help in advance.

Lol

jda2000 · Post by **jda2000** » 04 Apr 2010, 10:08

Try resetting the central lock mechanism by locking/unlocking with the remote, 5times in a row. Post back the results.

Lol · Post by **Lol** » 07 Apr 2010, 06:54

Thanks jda2000. It didn't work but any help is useful. I'm not aware of any work previously being done on the door, so could this be a software fault? Seems very peculiar because the central locking does in effect work but just in reverse on the drivers door.

Cudrefin · Post by **Cudrefin** » 03 Sep 2010, 13:38

Did you ever sort out this problem? My 2001 V70 occasionally does the same thing with the front passenger door and has done so for the 6 years I've had it. It's an intermittent but annoying problem as I always need to do a visual check of the button for that door before leaving the car. Sometimes if I unlock and re-lock the car it works otherwise I have to manually press the button with the car unlocked and then lock the car with the remote.

Post by **JRL** » 03 Sep 2010, 14:04

Could be a bad lock/actuator, they DO go bad
If not the system may just need to be re-initialized (by Volvo)