97 Accord Locks by Itself

External Since: Mar 22, 2005 Posts: 1

My wife has a 97' Accord with around 87,000 miles on it. Last winter a
problem came up that has me stumped. When it's cold, cool, <50 degrees the
cars auto matic locks will not disengage. They will unlock for maybe a
second ( gotta be fast with the door!) then lock back. It's annoying but I
worry because it locks while your in the car also making it almost inpossibe
to get out. Anyone ever seen this before. The dealership here is not much
help. Thanks in advance, Joe

External Since: Dec 13, 2003 Posts: 186

josefritz wrote:
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> My wife has a 97' Accord with around 87,000 miles on it. Last winter a
> problem came up that has me stumped. When it's cold, cool, <50 degrees the
> cars auto matic locks will not disengage. They will unlock for maybe a
> second ( gotta be fast with the door!) then lock back. It's annoying but I
> worry because it locks while your in the car also making it almost inpossibe
> to get out. Anyone ever seen this before. The dealership here is not much
> help. Thanks in advance, Joe

The lock in the drivers door has an integrated switch that senses the
position of the lock (so that when you use the key or the knob, the
control unit will know to lock or unlock the doors). My guess is that
dirt, moisture and cold weather has made the switch sluggish. When you
press the unlock button, the doors unlock, but the switch does not
follow, it is still in the "lock" position. This tells the controller to
lock all doors again.

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