p38 central locking strangeness

The locks on the rangie have started doing weird things, when I lock it up
now, it gives 2 short pips on the horn.
According to the manual, this means a mislock, and it should say on the dash
what has mislocked.
However, it says nothing on the dash, and all the doors appear to be locked.
Also the 'superlocking' does not appear to work, regardless of how I lock
it, (1 press or 2) it can still be opened from the inside.

Any ideas?

Also the passenger front door has stopped opening from the inside.
Cold this be related?

The windows are displaying funniness too, the drivers window gave a 'window
blocked' error the other day, and now it says that 'window is not set'. I
have tried running the window right up and down, as it says in the manual,
but it still will not set itself. Help???

TIA

SJ

SimonJ wrote:
> The locks on the rangie have started doing weird things, when I lock it up
> now, it gives 2 short pips on the horn.
> According to the manual, this means a mislock, and it should say on the dash
> what has mislocked.
> However, it says nothing on the dash, and all the doors appear to be locked.
> Also the 'superlocking' does not appear to work, regardless of how I lock
> it, (1 press or 2) it can still be opened from the inside.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Also the passenger front door has stopped opening from the inside.
> Cold this be related?
>
> The windows are displaying funniness too, the drivers window gave a 'window
> blocked' error the other day, and now it says that 'window is not set'. I
> have tried running the window right up and down, as it says in the manual,
> but it still will not set itself. Help???
>
> TIA
>
> SJ
>
>
Hi Simon

My superlocking stopped working, turned out to be one of the rear
windows was left open a tiny bit. I closed the window and then it worked
ok again. I suspect maybe your locking strangeness may be because of
something related to front window problem. Is the window opening and
closing normally ie not struggling? The system monitors the motor
current to detect fully open/closed so a stiff window mechanism may
confuse it.
I think the passenger door problem is unrelated.

Gaz

SimonJ mumbled something on 02/03/2006 19:46:
>
> The locks on the rangie have started doing weird things, when I lock it up
> now, it gives 2 short pips on the horn.
> According to the manual, this means a mislock, and it should say on the dash
> what has mislocked.
> However, it says nothing on the dash, and all the doors appear to be locked.
> Also the 'superlocking' does not appear to work, regardless of how I lock
> it, (1 press or 2) it can still be opened from the inside.
>
> Any ideas?

Not at this point, but...

>
> Also the passenger front door has stopped opening from the inside.
> Cold this be related?

Probably not.

> The windows are displaying funniness too, the drivers window gave a 'window
> blocked' error the other day, and now it says that 'window is not set'. I
> have tried running the window right up and down, as it says in the manual,
> but it still will not set itself. Help???

Ah-ah! You need to hold it at the closed end of the movement for a
second or two. If the motor is slipping due to a worn gear, it won't
set. This will solve the mislock when the window is set.

The door not opening from the inside is probably just the cable from the
latch to the lock having stopped. It's usually the drivers door that
goes because it gets most use.

According to my parts manual

ALR6968 Cable-front door internal release-RH
ALR6969 Cable-front door internal release-LH


AndyC