# Door locks locking and unlocking repeatedly

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/door-locks-locking-and-unlocking-repeatedly/42930>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** doors, dodge, locks, durango\
**Created:** [January 21, 2010, 2:00am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/door-locks-locking-and-unlocking-repeatedly/42930 "2010-01-21T02:00:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![juls202000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/aca169/32.png) [@juls202000](https://community.cartalk.com/u/juls202000)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 2:00am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/door-locks-locking-and-unlocking-repeatedly/42930/1 "2010-01-21T02:00:52Z")

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We own a 2001 Dodge Durango. For the last few months the door locks have been locking and unlocking by themselves at a rapid speed. The only way we have found to stop this once it has begun is to turn the headlights on. It doesn’t do it all the time - mostly when it’s damp outside. Around the same time the standard car alarm that came with the vehicle stopped working. The remote door lock doesn’t work either - it sounds like it locks but it actually doesn’t.

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**Author:** ![Caddyman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/caddyman/32/23_2.png) [@Caddyman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Caddyman)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 2:11am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/door-locks-locking-and-unlocking-repeatedly/42930/2 "2010-01-21T02:11:16Z")

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When 10 year old electronic gimmickry stops working, sometimes it’s best just to have it disconnected and use the manual locks…