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Subject Topic: Habitation door lock won`t work
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Personthebairn
02/7/2017 at 9:02pm
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We have A Pilote motorhome which has a a habitation and cab door lock which works from for to automatically lock all doors when fob is pressed but all of a sudden it will lock the cab doors but not the habitation and has to be locked with key . Has anyone got any ideas what could be wrong It's not the battery in the fob cos bought a new one and still doesn't work. Seems silly of us but just trying to illiminate any reasons Be grateful for ideas as we would like to fix it


Persondaveyjp
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Possibly electrical, but could also be dirty.

A good spray of WD40 can do wonders with lock mechanisms.


Personiggycamper
04/7/2017 at 2:48pm
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Just noticed your post 'bairn'.
Had a similar problem with ours when we first had the van.
There will almost certainly be 2 small round sprung contacts on the edge of your habitation door surround - prob. about half way down. These then connect to the flat contacts on the door edge itself allowing the door central locking to be activated and de-activated.
1. Check that all contacts are clean and aligned properly.
2. If required the closing pressure can be increased simply by slipping a small piece of plastic behind the flat contacts on the door.

Hope this helps! Please let us know how you get on.

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PersonWhatamess
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We had the same a few months ago. We had to have a new servo motor or something. I think it was about £100 for the part from Myriad Products.

Nora


Personiggycamper
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Quote: Originally posted by thebairn on 02/7/2017
.... Be grateful for ideas as we would like to fix it


Did you fix it 'bairn'?




bairn? You still there? :-)



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Personthebairn
09/7/2017 at 7:59pm
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Hi Sorry not replied just spoke to husband re pressure with plastic card u mentioned and going to try it Thanks you iggycamper for youreadvise will let u know as soon as try it hubby been away so that's why didn't try sooner


Persongaryh3
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Could be the ACTUATOR on the door thats gone or loose cable maybe.

Can you hear anything on the Hab. door when you hit the remote fob. Should hear a clunk sound which is the actuator moving the lock.


Personthebairn
30/7/2017 at 5:38pm
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Thanks everyone all fixed. broken cable all perfect now


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Nice one



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