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YOUR RESEARCHWeird lock issue - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners
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Replace now as you don't want it
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Get it replaced now as you don't want it to fail while locked.
Weird lock issue - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners
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Leading evidence: 'Replace now as you don't want it' (no explicit attributable resolution; this is a reported action or suggestion). Across 1 matching discussions, the most frequently mentioned possible cause is 'control module' (1 discussions; 0 report identifying it and 1 suggest it). The most frequently discussed action is 'Check but i don't believe the passenger window drops' (1 discussions). For that action, 0 discussions report a resolution and 0 report an unsuccessful attempt. No action has an explicit, attributable resolution report under the current rules. These are forum reports and suggestions, not a confirmed diagnosis.
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I'm of the opinion that it is likely the control module with corrosion or one of the door lock mechanisms.
Weird lock issue - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners
Check but i don't believe the passenger window drops
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Suggestion · Original poster
I'll have to double check but I don't believe the passenger window drops when the door is opened.
Weird lock issue - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners
Replace lock actuator
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Suggestion
If the other fix doesn't work for you you can replace the lock actuator with a VW one.
Weird lock issue - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners
Run (oil, plugs, tube o-rings, serpentine belt), i took it
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Suggestion · Original poster
After getting my recently acquired car up and running (oil, plugs, tube o-rings, serpentine belt), I took it for a night drive and discovered an interesting issue.
Weird lock issue - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners
Run (oil, plugs, tube o-rings, serpentine belt), i took it
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Suggestion · Original poster
After getting my recently acquired car up and running (oil, plugs, tube o-rings, serpentine belt), I took it for a night drive and discovered an interesting issue.
Weird lock issue - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners
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I just did this last week and it solved my problem.
After getting my recently acquired car up and running (oil, plugs, tube o-rings, serpentine belt), I took it for a night drive and discovered an interesting issue. The door locks would give a definitive "click-click" followed by the interior lights coming on for a brief second. This continued to happen through most of the drive. The car also doesn't lock when I exit with the remote. When I try to lock with the remote, the door locks click twice as if it is locking and then unlocking. I'm assuming it's a door switch, or possibly the micro switches on the handles, but i'm not sure where to start digging in to determine the cause. I have a manual on order as well as the 101 projects book, but unfortunately, they haven't arrived yet. Any help is much appreciated.
It's a problem with the circuit in the door lock. There is a thread in the diy space on how to remove it and reflow the solder on the board. I just did this last week and it solved my problem. didn't even have to buy any parts. The hardest part is getting the lock out of the door.
Tony
Does the car actually lock? If the other fix doesn't work for you you can replace the lock actuator with a VW one. I did a write up and comparison
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The car does lock occasionally. This leads me to think it is not the key remote that needs the solder reworked. I'm of the opinion that it is likely the control module with corrosion or one of the door lock mechanisms. I'll have to double check but I don't believe the passenger window drops when the door is opened. Is that pretty much a giveaway that the passenger module is not functioning?
