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The passenger door on my three-door 2009 Hyundai i20 cannot be opened. Is it likely to be an electrical problem, or a mechanical problem with the lock itself? An auto electrician mentioned drilling a...
I own a 2011 BMW X3. The car has developed a fault, which means I can't always open the boot. It can take several presses of the key fob to get it to release. What is the cause and is it a known problem?...
My Kia Venga has developed an intermittent problem with the remote central locking. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. Any ideas?
I have a Fiat Punto (2007 model) that has just failed the MoT because the boot will not open from the outside. I have to 'manually' open the boot from climbing over the back seats of the car and lifting...
I own a 2007 Volkswagen Sharan. However, the central locking only works on the driver's door, any ideas why this is?
The remote locking on my 2011 Mazda 2 is acting up and I have to press the key several times to lock and to unlock the car. The battery for one of the keys was changed a couple of months ago at the last...
My 2008 Hyundai i10 keeps unlocking and unlocking itself at night. The car's been to the garage and they have reconfigured the fob but still happens. Any ideas?
One of the doors is not locking automatically when I press the central locking button on my key. If I go up close and press the key towards the door it sometimes locks, but not automatically like the other...
The central locking on my 15 year old Citroen Xsara Picasso has stopped working. The dash button doesn't lock the doors and the key only seems to lock the front doors. Can you offer any suggestions?
I have a stuck rear door which I cannot open Have you come across this before?
 

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