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Car starting to lock itself

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#1 · (Edited)
06, almost to 100k, with the :folding mirrors while holding lock option" coded.

Every so often, say I would park in my garage with the car unlocked, I'd come back the next morning with it locked and the mirrors folded.

Or at work, I lock using CA so as not to engage the folding mirrors....I come out at the end of the day and the mirrors are folded up.

The other day while washing the car, the damn thing locked itself.

But today, the damn locks and mirrors engaged while idling at a stop light. That kind of surprised me and the door button folded them back.

So what module is failing? :Thumbdown:

And I'm in the process of upgrading to new software from BCables.com, so I won't be able to pull codes until the new cable comes in.
 
#5 ·
My CA has always worked pretty well without any battery drain issues. It has always unlocked without a problem at any door. When locking the driver door, I'd say it locks about 80% of the time, sometimes immediately, sometimes after 4-5 seconds. Other times, I either have to open the door again and re-try, or just use the fob.

I thought this was normal? The car auto locks after X amount of minutes. Seems smart
I think that's an option I disabled in the beginning. Since I have my mirrors coded to fold when locked (with the fob only, not with CA), the last thing I need is another reason for the car to lock itself.

When I get my software up and running again, I'll clear everything, and check for codes if it does it again.
 
#7 · (Edited)
CAS...sounds like a common issue with these cars. I don't believe the IBS is disconnected, or it's not something I've done. That's a small connector at the negative terminal right? This morning at work the CA locked almost immediately and didn't lock itself during the wash yesterday, so go figure.
 
#8 · (Edited)
I had this happen to me after playing around with iCarly. I tweeked some settings including folding mirrors with fob and comfort access. Well one time after the gym I opened the back door with comfort access, threw my gym bag in the back seat (key in gym bag) then shut the door...buy the time I could make it to the front door all my doors locked...with my key inside. Maybe I shut the rear door and touched the handle...but in OEM form I don't think the car would allow this. I think it had to be something in the iCarly coding I did but I can't figure out which option I did made this happen. What was funny was even with the doors locked and the key stuck inside I was still able to open the trunk from the outside via the button by the license plate. However, I don't have folding seats so I was still locked out.

So now I just make sure I always have a door open lol
 
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