Thank you Richard.
You hit the nail on the head, it was crud in the boot lid lock, all is now
well.
Bryan
"Richard Setford" <richardsetford@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> Hi Bryan,
>
> The central locking will fail-over to and unlocked state if one door
isn't
> closed properly and failed to engage the deadlock.
>
> Try locking the car with the key fob then pressing the 'lock' button
again
> within three seconds. This will lock the car without deadlocks. This
will
> give you an indication of whether it's a dead lock problem.
>
> After a recent trip to the tip I found some crud in the boot lid lock.
> Make sure this is clean on your car as it would prevent the boot lid
> locking properly.
>
> Other than that, five minutes with some WD-40 on all the locks etc would
> be certainly worth while.
>
> Other than that, it could be an electrical issue but at this stage, I
> doubt it.
>
> One other thing, maybe the key fob has an issue. Try moving it well out
of
> range of the car at night.
>
> Rich
>
> Bystander wrote:
>> I have a 406 estate on a 52 plate, fantastic car, but just one problem,
>> when I lock the car it often manages to unlock itself, when open the
door
>> the alarm goes off, switch the ignition on and the alarm stops. When I
>> lock it with the button on the key fob I can hear all the doors lock,
but
>> when I go to unlock in the morning it is already unlocked. Any clues.
>>
>> Thank you
>>
>> Bryan
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