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Old 28th May 2019, 06:00   #1
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Default Central locking remote malfunction

I am posting this to assist anyone who experiences a similar problem.

On arriving at a hotel, the central locking seemed to go into melt down. After several presses on the remote, the doors locked, but then refused to open. When I used the key, the alarm went off. Essentially, everything I tried to fix the fault was unsuccessful. I tried resetting the alarm, disconnecting the battery for 30 minutes. Nothing solved the problem.

After scouring the Internet, I found a post which suggested that the problem might be caused by interference from Wi-fi router(s). Whilst having breakfast I established that the hotel employed four routers. As soon as we were out of range, the central locking resumed to operating perfectly.

I hope that this saves you going through the hassle that I experienced.
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Old 29th May 2019, 11:36   #2
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Unusual problem. Could catch anybody NAPping Andy.---
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Old 29th May 2019, 12:50   #3
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Had this at home once. Mrs Noc complained that she couldn't lock her car, so I went out to have a look.

Tried unlocking mine to get my tools out of the boot and the penny dropped.

Apparently a dodgy doorbell can also cause this problem. Talking of which a few years ago my mother-in-law's doorbell packed up. It was an old hard wired switch and the reason it wasn't working was a dead insect between the switch contacts.
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