Central locking on habitation door not working!
Hi all! Just out of the blue the central locking on our Fiat Ducato (2013 reg) based motorhome has stopped locking the habitation door. The cab doors lock ok and the buttons go through the motions and make the right noises/show the right lights but the habitation door stays resolutely unlocked and has to be done manually. Any ideas? As we are touring at the moment we can only attempt simple things - not "take the door panel off" etc :-) Its a thing we can live with until home if complicated. TIA.
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Could well be a fuse gone ............ but which one?
I had a problem early this tear with my 2012 X-Trail. Central locking packed p and the only door that could be accessed was drivers door with key. replacing the fuse 5 mins standing on head so to speak. Finding out where the fuse might be a couple of hours on t'internet.
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What make of MH have you got?
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On the basis your key fob is battery operated then it may be a simple job of replacing the battery.
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I think this is a common problem possibly caused by the hab door locking being an add on to the base vehicle's system.
We just locked the hab door with the key - simple.
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Motorhome 2013 Laika 595R. Hubby checked fuses etc. Thanks for replies but it looks like a look for lose/broken wires in door when home.
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If you look at the bottom of the hab door hinge side, you may see a rubber type tube.
Peel back the tube and check if the wire inside has broken - if so splice the two broken ends together.
Hope this helps
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on our last car but one this would happen, for some reason a squirt of wd40 in to the locking mechanism always cured it
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Thanks, Keith and Margaret! Will look when light tomorrow!
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We have just had the same thing happen on our 2015 Adria motorhome.
It was eventually traced to a broke wire - there were three connections in the line [from cab through the habitation part & to the actual door]. In the end a new cable was threaded back to the cab so that it can't happen again. All done under warranty thankfully.
Our previous van [a Knaus] didn't have central locking on the habitation door, so we had to temporarily revert back to what we started with - having to manually lock the door. No great hardship!
PilgrimPhil
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ill go along with DD's suggestion of the door contacts, this is a very common issue on MH habitation door.....
try a good clean, and if this doesnt work, have a look at a damaged wire into the door, as also suggested..
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Thanks to all for useful ideas and to confirm what we suspected - that its a common problem! We're going to leave it until home in a couple of weeks' time. As has been said, back to the old days and locking by the key in the meantime. No problem!!
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I had a similar problem on my 2011 Swift Sundance. The door remained 'locked' despite the key fob releasing the mechanism inside the door. Problem, I couldn't get the door open so removed the two latch plates (grub screws) and opened the dooŕ. I then removed the habitation inner door panel, a couple of screws and mostly velcro! When I operated the key fob the actual electrical mechanism worked but a small plastic trigger had 'warped' slightly and didn't release the lock. A bit of DIY and now it works, so far. That was about twelve months ago, no further problems although I have replaced latch plate screws with bolts just in case it fails again. The complete job wasn't too difficult, cheaper than local dealer.
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