Avensis Remote Locking Problem ........ Let It Be Solved!

[macspeedy]

Hello

Newbie here

I am having problems with my 1.8 gs 98 avensis estate, central locking on fob and door will unlock centraly but they will only lock individualy tried all the usual replacement of bulbs checked fuses tried different relay intergration unit, all to no avail. the tailgate courtesy is not working and another thing that was happening is the alarm used to time activate with the rear door still open, before all the above happened. The rear cortesy light has never worked.

Help!!! crybaby.gif

i am about to try the take door apart and test looking mechanism running out of ideas

"tired of living in the 18th centuary"

[Ray99]

Hi Macspeedy

The system thinks that there is a door not closed properly. That is probably why it won't lock, but will unlock. All the door switches for the coutesy lights must work properly, including the tailgate. Try your central locking from the driver's door switch, with the ignition on. Open the driver's window, lock the doors with the switch and go around the doors from the outside to check they have locked. Don't rely on the lock buttons as indicators. There is a possibility that you have a broken wire in the loom to the drivers door switches. I know you don't want to hear it, but it may be time to have a word with Mr T. Regards Ray

[macspeedy]

Hi Macspeedy

The system thinks that there is a door not closed properly. That is probably why it won't lock, but will unlock. All the door switches for the coutesy lights must work properly, including the tailgate. Try your central locking from the driver's door switch, with the ignition on. Open the driver's window, lock the doors with the switch and go around the doors from the outside to check they have locked. Don't rely on the lock buttons as indicators. There is a possibility that you have a broken wire in the loom to the drivers door switches. I know you don't want to hear it, but it may be time to have a word with Mr T. Regards Ray

Hi Ray

Thanks for you advice, the strange thing is that for months the system worked fine with the alarm setting with the boot open, wonder why it sunddenly stopped, i realise there is a haynes on the way for this car but i read somewhere that someone might have access to some circuit diagrams can anyone help?

Thanks

Mac

[Electric]

Hiya,

I can't help as I have the same problem, it will unlock but never remote locks

I'm hoping as quite a few of us had had this someone will post the solution on here or Haynes will make a killing selling the Avensis repair book!

Good engine rubbish electricals

Cheers :)

Hi Macspeedy

The system thinks that there is a door not closed properly. That is probably why it won't lock, but will unlock. All the door switches for the coutesy lights must work properly, including the tailgate. Try your central locking from the driver's door switch, with the ignition on. Open the driver's window, lock the doors with the switch and go around the doors from the outside to check they have locked. Don't rely on the lock buttons as indicators. There is a possibility that you have a broken wire in the loom to the drivers door switches. I know you don't want to hear it, but it may be time to have a word with Mr T. Regards Ray

Hi Ray

Thanks for you advice, the strange thing is that for months the system worked fine with the alarm setting with the boot open, wonder why it sunddenly stopped, i realise there is a haynes on the way for this car but i read somewhere that someone might have access to some circuit diagrams can anyone help?

Thanks

Mac

[macspeedy]

Hi

I have had a bad day with avensis, Alarm sounded for no reason couldn't shut it up with remote or doors had to disconnect Battery! needless to say didn't re-arm the alarm. Also have a blowing exhaust great time of year for that :censor:

Oh well booked in with toyota for diagnostics on Monday will keep you all posted

Mac

Hiya,

I can't help as I have the same problem, it will unlock but never remote locks

I'm hoping as quite a few of us had had this someone will post the solution on here or Haynes will make a killing selling the Avensis repair book!

Good engine rubbish electricals

Cheers :)

Hi Macspeedy

The system thinks that there is a door not closed properly. That is probably why it won't lock, but will unlock. All the door switches for the coutesy lights must work properly, including the tailgate. Try your central locking from the driver's door switch, with the ignition on. Open the driver's window, lock the doors with the switch and go around the doors from the outside to check they have locked. Don't rely on the lock buttons as indicators. There is a possibility that you have a broken wire in the loom to the drivers door switches. I know you don't want to hear it, but it may be time to have a word with Mr T. Regards Ray

Hi Ray

Thanks for you advice, the strange thing is that for months the system worked fine with the alarm setting with the boot open, wonder why it sunddenly stopped, i realise there is a haynes on the way for this car but i read somewhere that someone might have access to some circuit diagrams can anyone help?

Thanks

Mac

[tapbuster]

Hi,

I have the same problem , any luck yet??? Mick

[macspeedy]

Well the car is back and its official its the door lock mechanism! booked in for later on in the week all in costing £218. Bit more than i really want to spend but the car needs to be secure and the convience will pay for itself quickly. Hope this helps answer all those central locking issues.

[Electric]

Hi Mac,

Thanks for the follow up mate :)

Did they need to replace the locking Solenoid?

Thanks

Well the car is back and its official its the door lock mechanism! booked in for later on in the week all in costing £218. Bit more than i really want to spend but the car needs to be secure and the convience will pay for itself quickly. Hope this helps answer all those central locking issues.

[macspeedy]

Well my car is fixed!

The button works how good is that!

"door lock mechanism" is what they call it; part no. 6903005601 218.22

well the rubber in drivers door window runner is next!

Mac out

Hi Mac,

Thanks for the follow up mate :)

Did they need to replace the locking Solenoid?

Thanks

[Mops1]

Mac

A week on and hows the alarm - my 99 avensis has just started going nuts, normally 1hour after it's been locked via fob. If this has worked for you then I might give it ago.

The wife wants the car gone as she has lost all faith in it having had so much go wrong over the last 4 months (almost 5 years perfect and then last 4 months !!)

[macspeedy]

Dude the alarm is fine the locking system works better than ever, i do have an estate, which has a seperate problem at the moment of arming after leaving the boot open when first disarming, still working on this..

hope that helps the garage seemed very confident about how to solve!! and did it frist class.

[Mops1]

do you have a run down of the cost - was it a cheap part which took ages to fit or expensive part and quick fit.

Does anyone know where the lock mech is on the mk1 avensis - do I need to remove the door lining or is it up front somewhere.

[Tweeks]

do you have a run down of the cost - was it a cheap part which took ages to fit or expensive part and quick fit.

Does anyone know where the lock mech is on the mk1 avensis - do I need to remove the door lining or is it up front somewhere.

I've just diagnosed a similar problem. The car wouldn't lock on the remote but the alarm would set ok.

Inside the drivers door lock assembly there is a tiny microswitch that detects what position the lock is in. This is what is causing the problem. It's supposed to momentarily switch to let the system know that the door has locked. If there is a wrong signal from the switch the doors get confused and don't lock the car.

A solution is to get to the loom that feeds into the drivers door lock and take the plug apart and remove the signal wire from the five pin connector. (I think it's the black and white one, but it's the odd wire out.) Any way you remove the cable from the plug and you lose the ability to lock and unlock the whole car from the key manually (the key doesn't tell the car to unlock, only the drivers door now unlocks on the key) but the remote will now lock the car as it should. The antijack switch still works as normal as well and the strange operations on the alarm go away.

Than you can start to look for a replacement door lock assy from the breakers. Part no. 6903005601 218.22

The door comes apart by taking the switch assy off then the six plastic trim screws (quarter turn), then two screws under the switch assy and then the screw under the door lock knob then you carefully pull the door trim away from the door itself.

Go on give it a go.

Paul

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