hi guys my switch will lock the car doors but will not open them...anybody had this before, could it be the switch and is it easy to remove if so...thanks in advance mark

16 hours ago, markbsac said:

hi guys my switch will lock the car doors but will not open them...anybody had this before, could it be the switch and is it easy to remove if so...thanks in advance mark

 

Mine was doing the same, I managed to prise it out carefully using a very thin flat bladed (not sharp) knife wraped in a piece of paper.

 

What I found was that a small piece of plastic had broken off, so the switch wasn't rocking left and right perfectly straight as it should. It was easy to lock the doors, but to get the switch to open them required a bit more fiddling.  When I fiddled around, I found the door opening did actually work, you just had to press and rock the switch up and down a bit at the same time, which seemed to do the trick.

 

If you can prise it out, and there is any sign of breakage, you can probably bodge a fix by gluing a small piece of plastic or similar.

wow thanks ive tried to prise it out but seems difficult but now you have told me it can be done ill have another go can you rem if you prised it from the top and bottom or the sides

hi i got the switch out nothing is broken i took it to bits cleaned it ...still not working 😞 

Just now, markbsac said:

hi i got the switch out nothing is broken i took it to bits cleaned it ...still not working 😞 

Maybe just need a new switch then.  At least you know how to take it out now 🙂

Cheers mate all fixed got there in the end working a treat

Just now, markbsac said:

Cheers mate all fixed got there in the end working a treat

What was it in the end?  A gunked up switch or a bit of broken plastic or something?

hi the rubber had swelled in the switch and was not siting correct on the rocker buttons i also took it to bits and cleaned it ....but i feel it was the rubber not sitting right i had to trim it to make it sit flat in the switch....but thanks for your help without you i would have not even got the switch out 🙂

7 minutes ago, markbsac said:

hi the rubber had swelled in the switch and was not siting correct on the rocker buttons i also took it to bits and cleaned it ....but i feel it was the rubber not sitting right i had to trim it to make it sit flat in the switch....but thanks for your help without you i would have not even got the switch out 🙂

Result!  Sometimes you just need a bit of confidence to do things.  Knowing someone else has done something gives you that confidence to know it's unlikely to break when you try. 😀

yeah basic all i was worried about breaking the switch if i forced it out...once out it was a doddle to take to bits...in the end it was easy to get out once i knew you had tackled it...cheers dude

I had same problem switch would not work managed to take switch out then took switch appart had to clean contacts under rubber diaphragm were really gunged up probably through drink being spilled over switch. Works great now thanks to other commenters