Central Locking Half Working.

[zaph]

The Central Locking on our LS400 works only for each side of the car. Drivers lock by key locks offside, whilst the passengers front door by key will only lock the nearside. Is this a relay or other fix? I do not have a remote fob for the car.

[microcat36]

Chris, there is a microswitch on the handle that gets gummed up, i have had to do it on both of the LS400's, one i have been lucky with flooding the lock with WD40 and contact cleaner, the blue one i had to take the door panel off, which is easy, it's one of the things, like the LCD that goes on them all, have a look at the link below to see the switch, on yours i got away with doing it through the key hole with contact cleaner, if it does not get used for a while it gums up, the site is great for tutorials, look under body then outer door handle.

www.lexls.com/tutorials/

[zaph]

Chris, there is a microswitch on the handle that gets gummed up, i have had to do it on both of the LS400's, one i have been lucky with flooding the lock with WD40 and contact cleaner, the blue one i had to take the door panel off, which is easy, it's one of the things, like the LCD that goes on them all, have a look at the link below to see the switch, on yours i got away with doing it through the key hole with contact cleaner, if it does not get used for a while it gums up, the site is great for tutorials, look under body then outer door handle.

www.lexls.com/tutorials/

Thanks Colin. Learning all the time, which isn't a bad thing!

She still going well - must have done around 2500 miles to date. Only the minor things to deal with (but Doreen is sooooo fussy!)