The interior lock and unlock buttons on my ED have suddenly stopped working. The buttons themselves still work because they can still be used to enable/disable the lock-doors-when-moving function.
I tried a "reset" of the SAM by disconnecting the battery but that didn't work.
Ideas?
And I discovered another aspect of the locks. I decided to test the driver-side keyhole which I had presumed was for manual mechanical locking and unlocking. I discovered that it only works for unlocking, and is not mechanical at all, but is apparently a switch which actuates the lock/unlock relay. The importance of this of course is that if the battery ever goes dead while the car is locked, there is no way to enter the car except via old-fashioned "break in" methods. A flat but rigid bar slipped in through the top of the window to work the door handle being the easiest method that I can see. I'm tempted to make such a bar out of aluminum stock and keep it under the front "hood".
The owners manual has nothing on this manual keyhole BTW.
I tried a "reset" of the SAM by disconnecting the battery but that didn't work.
Ideas?
And I discovered another aspect of the locks. I decided to test the driver-side keyhole which I had presumed was for manual mechanical locking and unlocking. I discovered that it only works for unlocking, and is not mechanical at all, but is apparently a switch which actuates the lock/unlock relay. The importance of this of course is that if the battery ever goes dead while the car is locked, there is no way to enter the car except via old-fashioned "break in" methods. A flat but rigid bar slipped in through the top of the window to work the door handle being the easiest method that I can see. I'm tempted to make such a bar out of aluminum stock and keep it under the front "hood".
The owners manual has nothing on this manual keyhole BTW.