central locking problems

[tassie wombat]

gday,ive been having trouble with the central locking on my '04 wagon,its been taking anywhere from 10 to 30 pushes on the remote button to lock the doors,so thinking it must be dodgy remotes I brought 2 new ones from Nissan at $150 each and another $55 to have them programed to suit the car.seemed ok at first(10 mins) but now its no different to the old remotes,crap,so it obviously isn't the remotes! so does anyone have any other ideas?? any help would be appreciated,thanks.

[Bloodyaussie]

A rooted actuator ???

[tassie wombat]

A rooted actuator ???

where would I find that??

[Bloodyaussie]

I am not sure with your car if the actuator in your door is the control one for all the others?? or if this is at all right?

I would maybe PM Yendor and ask him if he might know....

[Yendor]

Does it only play up when trying to lock the vehicle or does it also play up when trying to unlock the vehicle.

Have you replaced your interior light bulbs with LEDs?

[tassie wombat]

Does it only play up when trying to lock the vehicle or does it also play up when trying to unlock the vehicle.

Have you replaced your interior light bulbs with LEDs?

It is definitely worse when trying to unlock,and yes interior lights have been changed to led,the front is running an outback roof console with the retrofit led's and the rear is one of the led panels that repco sells that just plugs into the old festoon terminals.hope its not a silly question but what would changing the interior lights change in relation to the central locking ?

[Yendor]

Try fitting the original festoon back in the rear and see if it still plays up.

There is an input to the keyless entry module that prevents the remote from locking the vehicle if a door is open. I'm wondering if the LEDs might be sending a mixed signal to the module and this is causing the problem.

[tassie wombat]

Would turning off the rear interior light work as well ? Just to add a bit more into the equation,once it unlocks I can lock and unlock as many times as I want and no worries,but if I then go for a 10 min drive same problem.

[Yendor]

Yes you can try turning off both interior lights.

Another thing is the interior light switch for the driver side door is a dual contact switch. This could be playing up. I would also try unplugging this switch and see if it still plays up.

[Alitis007]

I worked on a commodore last week that had a similar issue. After a bit of mucking around with receiver units and what not, it turned out to be a loose plug on the body control module.

Find it and remove all the plugs then re install them so they make a better contact.