my original post was:
I have owned this car for 11 years. Just recently in the last 2 months, there have been occasions when it has taken several attempts to unlock the car with the remote.
On a couple of occasions I have had to resort to opening the car with the key, setting off the alarm. I have then switched off the alarm by inserting and turning a small key in a unit under the bonnet .
I replaced the battery in the car and the key fob , but I still have the problem occasionally.
Rather than use the remote,if I choose to lock the car with the door key in the drivers door, I then find that it will only unlock with the door key in the passenger door. Any suggestion will be appreciated. Mikeamiri.
Update ; don't ask me how,I am so confused, but things changed after I fiddled and the problem has now got worse.
I had to manually unlock the pax door.
Now....Passenger front door will never lock.but I can lock the rest of the locks from the drivers door, (after the ignition has been switched off)turning the key anti-clockwise.
However if I choose this method of locking, I cannot then unlock from either the boot or the drivers door. until I enter the car via permanently unlocked pax side, swith ignition on and off.... Then I can unlock from the boot.
My current solution....I now resort to locking and unlocking from the boot, and leave the pax door unlocked all the time.
I am booked into the local garage in a couple of days but any suggestions would be appreciated in advance.
Regarding the lock on the pax door, I seem to have no luck in trying to lock it again with the key, whichever way I try.