ShoddyHog

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Hmmmm...I've pulled that apart, and am pretty sure there's a retainer. It's been a couple years though.

Anyway, per my post above, your dad is on the right track. I'm pretty sure when mine has done that it was because of the lock mechanism hanging up.

chevbon

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Yeah he pretty much said to take the top off and jiggle **** around. haha

ShoddyHog

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lol Yeah, that's about as technical as it gets.

There's a little plastic "thing" you can pry out that allows you to pull the plunger off. I did so because the entire housing was moving up and down with the lock, and thought I'd broken it.

What I found is that the housing is held in place with a screw. It had backed out and fallen down into the door, and my guess is that it was jamming the lock. I replaced the screw, and haven't had a problem for 3+ years until it did it the other day.

The book says to replace the retainer once you pull it out, but I reused it, and and the lock plunger has stayed in place just fine. Then again, of the 120,000+ miles on the car maybe 5,000 miles (if that) were with passengers, so the pax side never has gotten much abuse.

scphilli

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Good info to know. My does it occasionally but not all the time. It is likely on its way out.

sparkchaser86

My car does that when I try to lock the doors with th door open. For some reason I can't lock the door unless they are closed.

s/c'd cav

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thats called IDIOT proofing , so you cant lock the keys in the car

mebuildit

Just went thru this with my car. Found out that it was the solenoid went out that locks and unlocks the car. New from the dealer is $174. Needless to say, I'm still shopping around.

ShoddyHog

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Just that a low battery can cause all kind of funky problems with the car.

newschool72

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i found that the beeps just let u know that a door didnt lock. next time your car does it , look at the door lock buttons, one will be unlocked. could be for any number of reasons, but the car is just saying" hey dude, the door didnt lock"LOL