nissan micra locking on its own

tipptom

Father in law started the car yesterday morning to warm it up,when he came back out the central locking had locked it,and this morning when he went to the shop it had locked when he tried to get out,its a 2001 nissan micra,is this a problem with these.

bazz26

Same thing happend to a Honda Civic I had a loan of for a few days. Owner tells me it never happened before and hasn't happened since. I reckon the very cold temperatures are playing havok with car electrics.

tipptom

You may be right,cant see any other explanation and it was very cold the last few mornings.

alias no.9

Some cars have a feature whereby if you unlock the door, it will relock if you don't open the doors within a set period of time. The door open sensor may be sticking in the cold.

ianobrien

The very same happened to the '00 Micra at home this morning.

As usual, The Father had started the car, allowing it to heat up before heading off to town. He was clearing the ice off the windscreen while the car was on. It's the usual thing that we do at home, and the car's never lock themselves.

Anyway, he discovered the car locked itself with the engine running. The spare key was at home, and the front door key was in the car......

Result, a broken window.

tipptom

Ooh,broken window a bad result,he got some guy to come out sunday morning,used a screwdriver and got it open some way,he just bought the car and no spare key with it,so will have to get one cut if thats possible.