This seemed to start happening after I had left the lights on and running down the battery. Also, I noticed that there is a relay associated with the ignition just under the dash on the driver's side that will chatter when I start up the car - at first it would chatter for a few seconds and then fad away, today (7/12/11) it would continue to chatter while I was driving the car (no fade away). I let the car sit and idle for about 2 hours to charge the battery in case it was weak. I allowed the car to sit with the engine off for about 1/2 an hour and then started it up again - the relay chattered briefly. Then I shut off the car and a few minutes later the door lock randomly cycled as before.
My thoughts are thAT the fault may be linked to either a bad/weak charge/charging system or maybe a bad ground issue somewhere - but I don't know.
Electric door locks repeatedly and randomly cycle after locking up the car from the outside (with the key). Worse in hot weather, the condition persists until the car is unlocked.
- Norm P.,
Seattle, WA, US
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This seemed to start happening after I had left the lights on and running down the battery. Also, I noticed that there is a relay associated with the ignition just under the dash on the driver's side that will chatter when I start up the car - at first it would chatter for a few seconds and then fad away, today (7/12/11) it would continue to chatter while I was driving the car (no fade away). I let the car sit and idle for about 2 hours to charge the battery in case it was weak. I allowed the car to sit with the engine off for about 1/2 an hour and then started it up again - the relay chattered briefly. Then I shut off the car and a few minutes later the door lock randomly cycled as before.
My thoughts are thAT the fault may be linked to either a bad/weak charge/charging system or maybe a bad ground issue somewhere - but I don't know.
- Thomas D., Kent, WA, US