Remote locking weirdness
 

2003 2-dr Accord LX, v6

The remote locking on this car has a mind of its own. Pressing the lock
button will honk the horn but not lock the doors. Every once in a while
the the doors will lock. Manually locking works just fine. The trunk
release also works without any problem. Replaced the battery in the key
but still get same results.

Anyone experienced this problem and know of a solution? Is there a
programing reset that might fix it?

Any help/advise would be greatly appreciated.

Re: Remote locking weirdness
 

Have you tried the master power switch on the drivers door?
If that's not working you may be looking at replacing the door lock actuator
in that door. It controls the actuator on the passenger door also.

"petekemp47" <peterkemp@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:2010010718352816807-peterkemp@verizonnet...
> 2003 2-dr Accord LX, v6
>
> The remote locking on this car has a mind of its own. Pressing the lock
> button will honk the horn but not lock the doors. Every once in a while
> the the doors will lock. Manually locking works just fine. The trunk
> release also works without any problem. Replaced the battery in the key
> but still get same results.
>
> Anyone experienced this problem and know of a solution? Is there a
> programing reset that might fix it?
>
> Any help/advise would be greatly appreciated.
>

Re: Remote locking weirdness
 

THanks for the reply. Is the actuator located in the control panel of
the door or somewhere else in the car? The other problem I'm having is
the passenger window doesn't operate. When I try to operate the
passenger window from the driver's side, I can hear a clicking in the
switch. I replaced the passenger door control but still hear the
clicking and the window won't work. Could these two problems be related?

On 2010-01-07 19:21:43 -0600, HowardH said:

> Have you tried the master power switch on the drivers door?
> If that's not working you may be looking at replacing the door lock
> actuator in that door. It controls the actuator on the passenger door
> also.
>
> "petekemp47" <peterkemp@verizon.net> wrote in message
> news:2010010718352816807-peterkemp@verizonnet...
>> 2003 2-dr Accord LX, v6
>>
>> The remote locking on this car has a mind of its own. Pressing the lock
>> > button will honk the horn but not lock the doors. Every once in a
>> while > the the doors will lock. Manually locking works just fine. The
>> trunk > release also works without any problem. Replaced the battery in
>> the key > but still get same results.
>>
>> Anyone experienced this problem and know of a solution? Is there a >
>> programing reset that might fix it?
>>
>> Any help/advise would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>
>

Re: Remote locking weirdness
 

The actuator is in the driver door and it is attached/mounted to the latch
assembly. Some year/models you can buy the actuator by itself and other
years it is a complete assembly with the latch.
I'm sorry, I can't answer definitely if it is related but my guess is that
it is. There is a module (again on some models), I believe it's called a
multiplex control that controls or ties in all these functions and other
power systems. But, you have one window that works, so I could be off base.
Good luck.
"Peter Kemp" <peterkemp@Verizon.net> wrote in message
news:2010010818345816807-peterkemp@Verizonnet...
> THanks for the reply. Is the actuator located in the control panel of the
> door or somewhere else in the car? The other problem I'm having is the
> passenger window doesn't operate. When I try to operate the passenger
> window from the driver's side, I can hear a clicking in the switch. I
> replaced the passenger door control but still hear the clicking and the
> window won't work. Could these two problems be related?
>
> On 2010-01-07 19:21:43 -0600, HowardH said:
>
>> Have you tried the master power switch on the drivers door?
>> If that's not working you may be looking at replacing the door lock
>> actuator in that door. It controls the actuator on the passenger door
>> also.
>>
>> "petekemp47" <peterkemp@verizon.net> wrote in message
>> news:2010010718352816807-peterkemp@verizonnet...
>>> 2003 2-dr Accord LX, v6
>>>
>>> The remote locking on this car has a mind of its own. Pressing the lock
>>> > button will honk the horn but not lock the doors. Every once in a
>>> while > the the doors will lock. Manually locking works just fine. The
>>> trunk > release also works without any problem. Replaced the battery in
>>> the key > but still get same results.
>>>
>>> Anyone experienced this problem and know of a solution? Is there a >
>>> programing reset that might fix it?
>>>
>>> Any help/advise would be greatly appreciated.
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

Re: Remote locking weirdness
 

"Peter Kemp" <peterkemp@Verizon.net> wrote in message
news:2010010818345816807-peterkemp@Verizonnet...
> THanks for the reply. Is the actuator located in the control panel
> of the door or somewhere else in the car? The other problem I'm
> having is the passenger window doesn't operate. When I try to
> operate the passenger window from the driver's side, I can hear a
> clicking in the switch. I replaced the passenger door control but
> still hear the clicking and the window won't work. Could these two
> problems be related?
>
> On 2010-01-07 19:21:43 -0600, HowardH said:
>
>> Have you tried the master power switch on the drivers door?
>> If that's not working you may be looking at replacing the door lock
>> actuator in that door. It controls the actuator on the passenger
>> door also.
>>
>> "petekemp47" <peterkemp@verizon.net> wrote in message
>> news:2010010718352816807-peterkemp@verizonnet...
>>> 2003 2-dr Accord LX, v6
>>>
>>> The remote locking on this car has a mind of its own. Pressing the
>>> lock
>>> > button will honk the horn but not lock the doors. Every once in
>>> > a
>>> while > the the doors will lock. Manually locking works just fine.
>>> The trunk > release also works without any problem. Replaced the
>>> battery in the key > but still get same results.
>>>
>>> Anyone experienced this problem and know of a solution? Is there a
>>> > programing reset that might fix it?
>>>
>>> Any help/advise would be greatly appreciated.
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

Did the control in the drivers side happen to get wet (very)? I only
say that because I noticed in my 04 that if it rains hard and the
window is slightly open at the top, all the water drips on the door
control. I haven't experienced this problem myself, but the first
time I saw the way the water hit it I thought it could be a potential
problem.

Re: Remote locking weirdness
 

"petekemp47" <peterkemp@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:2010010718352816807-peterkemp@verizonnet...
> 2003 2-dr Accord LX, v6
>
> The remote locking on this car has a mind of its own. Pressing the lock
> button will honk the horn but not lock the doors. Every once in a while
> the the doors will lock. Manually locking works just fine. The trunk
> release also works without any problem. Replaced the battery in the key
> but still get same results.
>
> Anyone experienced this problem and know of a solution? Is there a
> programing reset that might fix it?
>
> Any help/advise would be greatly appreciated.
>
For no apparent reason I experienced something kind of similar. I could
lock all the doors with the remote but not get the horn to beep and the
alarm system to activate. Also, even with the key in the ignition the car
doors would lock on its own in a random manner. Didn't dare leave the key
in the car when at the gas pump for fear I'd get locked out (did try a new
remote battery and it didn't help). This lasted for quite a long time and
then for no reason, everything went back to operating normally I have a
hunch the cold weather had something to do with it; it's the only thing
that I can think of. It's been working without incident for quite a while
now.
MLD

Re: Remote locking weirdness
 

"MLD" <MLD@verizon.net> wrote in
news:hidgrf$50f$1@news.eternal-september.org:

>
> "petekemp47" <peterkemp@verizon.net> wrote in message
> news:2010010718352816807-peterkemp@verizonnet...
>> 2003 2-dr Accord LX, v6
>>
>> The remote locking on this car has a mind of its own. Pressing the
>> lock button will honk the horn but not lock the doors. Every once in
>> a while the the doors will lock. Manually locking works just fine.
>> The trunk release also works without any problem. Replaced the
>> battery in the key but still get same results.
>>
>> Anyone experienced this problem and know of a solution? Is there a
>> programing reset that might fix it?
>>
>> Any help/advise would be greatly appreciated.
>>
> For no apparent reason I experienced something kind of similar. I
> could lock all the doors with the remote but not get the horn to beep
> and the alarm system to activate. Also, even with the key in the
> ignition the car doors would lock on its own in a random manner.
> Didn't dare leave the key in the car when at the gas pump for fear I'd
> get locked out (did try a new remote battery and it didn't help).
> This lasted for quite a long time and then for no reason, everything
> went back to operating normally I have a hunch the cold weather had
> something to do with it; it's the only thing that I can think of.
> It's been working without incident for quite a while now.
> MLD
>
>

I wonder if disconnecting the car battery for 15 minutes would clear any
programming and reset the system to "factory" settings?

then,I'd RTFM first,maybe it has a clue about this.

--
Jim Yanik
jyanik
at
localnet
dot com

Re: Remote locking weirdness
 

"MLD" <MLD@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:hidgrf$50f$1@news.eternal-september.org...
>
> "petekemp47" <peterkemp@verizon.net> wrote in message
> news:2010010718352816807-peterkemp@verizonnet...
>> 2003 2-dr Accord LX, v6
>>
>> The remote locking on this car has a mind of its own. Pressing the lock
>> button will honk the horn but not lock the doors. Every once in a while
>> the the doors will lock. Manually locking works just fine. The trunk
>> release also works without any problem. Replaced the battery in the key
>> but still get same results.
>>
>> Anyone experienced this problem and know of a solution? Is there a
>> programing reset that might fix it?
>>
>> Any help/advise would be greatly appreciated.
>>
> For no apparent reason I experienced something kind of similar. I could
> lock all the doors with the remote but not get the horn to beep and the
> alarm system to activate. Also, even with the key in the ignition the car
> doors would lock on its own in a random manner. Didn't dare leave the key
> in the car when at the gas pump for fear I'd get locked out (did try a new
> remote battery and it didn't help). This lasted for quite a long time
> and then for no reason, everything went back to operating normally I have
> a hunch the cold weather had something to do with it; it's the only thing
> that I can think of. It's been working without incident for quite a while
> now.
> MLD
Replacing the driver door lock actuator has been the most common repair for
"phantom door locking"