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Zoll
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Yet another door lock question

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Hi guys, my door lock has been acting funny. Yesterday when I tried to unlock my doors with the key fob (wouldn't work from the inside either), only 2 doors unlocked (rear driver door and passenger door). I unlocked by reaching from the rear driver door. A few hours later my driver door was working perfectly well but the rear passenger still wasn't working.

I replaced my rear driver door latch a few months ago because the door would lock but wouldn't unlock. The red plastic tab was broken... Today it won't lock or unlock the other rear door, I don't hear the mechanism working either on that door.

Is this a central locking switch problem or is this a latch problem? What should I replace?

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What year is the car? There are two versions of the locking system and 1995 was a split year for it. On the single lock systems all of the doors unlock and lock with the remote on the first try and there is no interior locking switch beyond pressing down on the lock on the door. The later version is the double lock system that takes two presses of the keyfob to unlock all of the doors (the first press only unlocks the drivers door) and that system does have the interior door lock switch on the dash. I might be able to help you out but I need to know which system it is.

...Lee
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