Hi all. I am having a strange problem with the power locks on my 1998 V70 Wagon. The locking switch on the door and on the remote will lock all the doors, but will NOT unlock them (except the tailgate which does unlock). When the button is pushed, you can hear all of the locks (all four doors) fire as if they are trying to open but they do not unlock. Also, the key will not unlock the driver side door - it just doesnt turn. Again, both the key and the switch/remote unlocks the tailgate with no problems.

My guess is that something is jammed or broken in the front driver side door lock - but why would it affect all the other locks? Any ideas? Any help would be sincerely appreciated as i'll be entering the car through the tailgate until i figure it out... could be worse I know.

 

Any help would be sincerely appreciated as "i'll be entering the car through the tailgate" until i figure it out... could be worse I know.

Thanks for the laugh. I envision someone calling the police!

Welcome to the Forum.

It sounds like thekey lockis causing 'switch bouncing', The unlockbuttonsends the signal to unlock, then the stuck key lock over rules it. Try some silicone lube in the key hole and cycle it with the key. Maybe a few taps after.

 

lol..... this is priceless, im sorry though, but "i'll be entering the car through the tailgate" is funny as hell.

"could be worse" your right.... I could have this same problem with my s70, man that would suck.......

I hope you get this fixed quick

 

thanks for the tip. i will try that today. glad everyone got a good laugh out of the tailgate thing, i live in the city so it is even more sketchy climbing into a car parked on the street. i have gotten good at faking like i'm getting something out of the trunk and then quickly jumping over when noone is looking. looking forward to a solution - cheers all.

 

i tried the lube, but it didnt seem to unstick the lock. the key wont turn either way, almost as if its the wrong key. should i try pulling the lock out and seeing if it is jammed?

 

Will the drivers door open once inside?

 

the door will open from the outside and inside if the car is unlocked. i have been just reaching around from the back and pulling up the lock. the key will turn at all, either way.

 

sorry, mean to say "the key will NOT turn at all, either way"..

 

Open the door and look for a little rubber plug.
Remove the plug and with a good flashlight look through the hole.
You should see the rod from the lock cylinder to the lock assembly.
Make sure it goes into the lock assembly and isn't outside where it goes jamming the lock cylinder.
The rod will go into a star looking hole in the lock assembly.

 

it looks like the rod is going correctly into the lock cylinder. i took the door apart and everything in there seems to be working correctly. it is as though i have the wrong key. i just bough the car at a dealers auction and was only given the one key. should i have a seperate key that opens the doors? i didnt think so because the key opens the tailgate.

 

Usually there is only one key for everything.

You might want to check into getting another set of locks for the car.
There would be 3 total.
Drivers door
hatch
glovebox