On Mon, 07 Jun 2004 12:27:41 -0600, "motsco_ _" <"motsco_ _"@interbaun.com>
wrote:

>Al Reynolds wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have a wierd situation with my central locking.
>>
>> At the moment, using the key in any of the three door locks
>> (driver, passenger, tailgate) to *lock* the car works fine -
>> all five locks go down and the car is secure.
>>
>> However, only the driver door lock will *unlock* all the
>> locks. The passenger door lock unlocks just that door, and
>> the tailgate lock doesn't do anything when you try and unlock,
>> not even unlock the tailgate.
>>
>> To make matters worse, the other locks do unlock all the
>> doors *sometimes*, but this is intermittent. As a result it's
>> pretty tricky to take the car to a shop as they might be
>> working when I get there.
>>
>> I have also had the passenger door window not working from
>> the drivers side controls sometimes, but that's intermittent too!
>> I don't know if that could be related.
>>
>> Hoping someone has had a similar problem,
>> Al
>> ==================
>
>On some Hondas, (you'd have to read the Owner's manual to confirm this),
>the key doesn't behave the same in the driver's door, as it does in
>other doors... for safety reasons. You have to hold the key in driver's
>door for a couple seconds until it will unlock all. The passengers NEVER
>unlocks all, IIRC. It's to prevent driver from unlocking the WHOLE CAR
>just to get in.

Oh yes it does on some - the passenger door keyhole on my '99 Integra
unlocks/locks the trunk and drivers door; the trunk keyhole unlocks/locks
all too; unlocking drivers only unlocks that one... and if you unlock
either the trunk or passeneger door and the driver's lock fails to unlock,
the system relocks all. I found that last out this past Winter when my
driver's door lock froze up. It depends on the model and in my case, this
was one of those with a centralized locking system but with no remote.

Rgds, George Macdonald

"Just because they're paranoid doesn't mean you're not psychotic" - Who, me??