My Octavia has an intermittent electronic fault. Ocassionally all four doors will lock themselves, even when the key is in the ignition.

Incidentally, this is NOT just the built-in feature which locks the doors if you don't open them within a short time of remotely unlocking the car.

Does anyone have any experience of this, or have any suggestions of what I can do? Sooner or later I'm going to get locked out of my car (possibly with my young kids inside!!)

Thanks

Edited 19 May, 201016 yr by skodaowna99

I am a private hire driver and this problem is not unknown on our Octavias. As you mention it is an intermittent fault often with months between occurances. I now carry my spare key in my pocket. Our mechanic has never got to the root of the problem. If it happens regularly then I would suggest removing the fuse and reverting to old fashioned manual locking, particularly if the kids are very young

I would bet my two mortgages that it is the "4th microswitch" (try searching in the octavia forum) in the drivers door lock mechanism. If you are a brave "have a go" type, then you can replace the microswitch yourself for a couple of quid. Alternatively, you can crack open the wallet and get a complete new lock mechanism from the stealers.

Hello there just to update anyone from my own personnal experiance,

I had to take my car into the garage due to it locking it's self, all 5 locks (inc boot) would either lock once and stay locked or lock and keep clicking as tho you had the key and was constantly trying to lock it.

They plugged the car in and found one fault with my windscreen wiper, rear. I said its ok it can be left, they put it down to the freezing weather at the time could have had damp in one of the locks which had froze causing it to lock its self. All seemed ok, drove off, went shopping... closed the door and all locked.

Took it back and a hour later it comes back that the windscreen wipers water pipes connnection in the boot had come away and was dripping slightly in the boot on the circuit board causing the boots central locking to act as tho i was locking the car from the boot... a small circuit board/part replacement and one walet lighter all was fine.

Sorry to go on but just thought id contribute a story as it was self locking central locking error.

Rich

That's interesting, Rich. Especially given the well-known fault in the Octavias with the rear wiper water line. I do have other electronic gremlins too (such as headlight alarm not sounding when you open the door with the lights on, and the back-lighting of the AirCon panel failing intermittently), which others have suggested is linked to the 4th microswitch in the drivers door.