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Not enough power to the door lock actuators

Help, Advice and DIY Tutorials on Volvo's P80 platform cars -- Volvo's 1990s "bread and butter" cars -- powered by the ubiquitous and durable Volvo inline 5-cylinder engine.

1992 - 1997 850, including 850 R, 850 T-5R, 850 T-5, 850 GLT
1997 - 2000 S70, S70 AWD
1997 - 2000 V70, V70 AWD
1997 - 2000 V70-XC
1997 - 2004 C70

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jwebster
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Re: Not enough power to the door lock actuators

Post by jwebster »

There's nothing there written on it.

jimmy57
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Post by jimmy57 »

The PTC is there to save motor from a stuck relay. When the 240's used a two changeover relay system to operate door locks with crude switch clamped around door lock cylinder, the switch would fail or a relay would fuse contacts and stick on. PTC was introduced for this.
The Denso lock control module on x70's has no history of that.

The newer cars with network have no PTC's but are a completely different

If you ever operated your working locks multiple times, like testing remotes, and you noticed one or two just quit but later worked normally, that is the PTC doing its thing.

whoa
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Post by whoa »

Well if you (jwebster) have one that had not failed, and you have an ohmmeter, would you be willing to measure the resistance at room temperature and after sitting in your freezer for an hour?
1996 850 Turbo Wagon

jwebster
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Post by jwebster »

I can't forsee that being possible.

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