This started yesterday. My doors LOCK when I turn the key off and when I open the door all of the doors don't unlock like they used to. This is really a PITA because if i'm not careful I will lock the keys in my truck if I open the door first and then turn the key off.

I disconnected both batteries for a few minutes hoping that the computer would clear and i also went through the procedure for activating and deactivating the automatic locks and none of these fixed the problem.

Has anyone ever heard of this or have any advice.

TIA

Eli

 

do you have an aftermarket keyless entry or starter??

 

My after market auto arming alarm does the same thing. And ya, It has locked me out, but luckily I have the factory door opener hidden in a stategic place---on the out side---in a water tight plastic box. After I noticed this I planned for this LOL, eventuality.

 

No, everything is factory. It also locks sometimes when I turn the key on to start the truck.

No ideas?

 

You can program an aftermarket alarm to not do that.

 

My rolling locks stopped working ~ a year after I bought my truck, which is also stock. I haven't used the key fobs to reset it, yet, but figure it's just one of those gremlins that will appear with anything electrical or computer related.

On my 95 ram, sometimes when I used a touchless carwash, the power locks would unlock/lock/unlock a few times. Could you have gotten some water in there recently?

 

Still haven't been able to figure this out yet short of going to the dealer. i did find out yesterday that if I push the power button on the stereo then the locks will lock again. Could one of my batteries be going out or something like that. My truck starts fine but There is something definitely wierd going on with the power on this truck. Has anyone ever had one battery go out? if so did anything wierd happen during that time?

 

Just to make sure that I'm understanding you correctly, the locks are doing the opposite of what they used to?

If so, it sounds like you lost ground in the door unlock circuit.

Does the fob work correctly? If so then it's from the computer to the locks. Just trouble shoot through the electrical prints.

 

I had a similar problem with my '00. Turns out it was a loose ground under the dash. When I would use the power seat or roll the windows up or down(electric) it would make the lock buttons go crazy. They would just start locking and unlocking. I tightened up the ground and everything was fine. Might be something to check out.