If your patio door isn t locking repair it quickly so that your home remains safe.
Sliding door key wont work.
Sorry that we feel the need to state the obvious assuming that you re using the right key keep working it until it turns the lock.
At first the door won t work properly.
As a result your patio door lock can malfunction.
Patio doors lead to the outside and have to withstand all kinds of abuse from the weather doors being slammed and being hit with flying objects.
Flip the key and open the door.
In this situation the best thing to do is to replace the cable.
In most cases the problem with a door lock actuator is limited to only one door.
Then it stops working at all.
Door key does not work.
If your door key doesn t work right the first and most obvious step is to be sure you re using the right key.
So for 4 years i drove the van without working electrical locks.
The electric sliding doors called power sliding doors by honda on your odyssey van may need to be reset from time to time particularly if the battery is replaced or disconnected for more than a few minutes.
Sometimes this just takes patience.
This happens when the power sliding door isn t able to latch on properly due to something blocking it.
If your power sliding doors are not functioning correctly either by using the door switch or the keyless.
Slide the key in the lock and tap lightly on the key to lubricate the inside of the lock.
Spray the door key with a graphite based lubricant.
It is a complete pain in the arse to lean over the front seat to get.
In some cars a failed door lock actuator may lock but won t unlock or the other way around.