Central locking nightmare!

tdonegan1990

Hi long story short.
Drove to a filling station and couldnt for the life of me get the petrol flap open! Double clicked unlock button on keys but still no movement.
So got home and had a look threw the cars manual (opel astra 1.7 cdti 05) then thought to myself maybe its the central locking acting up, so i removed the fuse in the boot of the car for the central locking and noticed the door lock/unlock button on the dash started flashing.
Put the fuse back in and now it wont work! The fuse is fine.

Anyone any ideas what it could be or what i could try to fix it.
Thanks.

Eric Cartman

Immobiliser could have stepped in, disconnect the battery of the car for 10 mins and then reconnect it, could solve the problem

bmc58

Don't go fiddling with fuses and batteries.You could knock out the radio next.Go to an Opel garage and just ask a salesman or a mechanic.They will probably give you a little free advice.

tdonegan1990

Eric Cartman wrote: »

Immobiliser could have stepped in, disconnect the battery of the car for 10 mins and then reconnect it, could solve the problem

Had the immobiliser fixed recently hope its not that again! Its just a bit strange its happening now after i removed the fuse!

bazz26

I would not bother going to a main dealer with an almost 10 year old car unless it was a last resort. For this type of problem my first port of call would be to a good auto electrician to determine if it is an electrical or motor fault.

tdonegan1990

Funny thing is, when i close the boot and press the lock button on the keys the boot will lock and same for when i try open the boot.
So its communicating in some way no?

dgt

Is there not some sort of fail safe device in the boot to open the flap if this happened?

Alfa Romeo, BMW and Mercedes all have a hidden cable in the boot to pull on to open the flap if it fails

Eric Cartman

tdonegan1990 wrote: »

Funny thing is, when i close the boot and press the lock button on the keys the boot will lock and same for when i try open the boot.
So its communicating in some way no?

key could be fine then, did you try the battery trick ? itll reset things ,

Spook_ie

Sounds very similar to this

Astra Central Locking problem

tdonegan1990

dgt wrote: »

Is there not some sort of fail safe device in the boot to open the flap if this happened?

Alfa Romeo, BMW and Mercedes all have a hidden cable in the boot to pull on to open the flap if it fails

Yeah i got the flap opened that way. Just want my central looking back now lol

tdonegan1990

Eric Cartman wrote: »

key could be fine then, did you try the battery trick ? itll reset things ,

Ill take out the battery tonight after work.. How long do you suggest i keep it disconnected?

tdonegan1990

So got home, disconnected battery for 20mins.. Reconnected it and whola its back working .
Thanks everyone for their advice.. Much appreciated!