Extra Door Lock

[Clavurion]

So can you elaborate the actual purpose of these mods? I know that the rod is fragile but should still last several uses so you can repair any possible problems with the remote control.

[andrewwynn]

Originally Posted by Clavurion

So can you elaborate the actual purpose of these mods? I know that the rod is fragile but should still last several uses so you can repair any possible problems with the remote control.

Purpose of the mod is giving you a way to get in the car should the lock cylinder fail and your key fob won't work to remote unlock or open the door.

[oldskewel]

Originally Posted by andrewwynn

Purpose of the mod is giving you a way to get in the car should the lock cylinder fail and your key fob won't work to remote unlock or open the door.

... so two things have to go wrong, and you might think the odds of both happening at the same is low, but ...

What often happens (as it did to me) is that something first goes wrong and the remote entry functionality stops working. Then you don't fix it right away. You just start using the mechanical key every day to unlock and lock the door - so 4x per trip. Then you keep doing that, since it works, and you've got a ton of other stuff to do.

And the weak link in these door key cylinders, as AndrewWynn described, is a little breakable part, which only works a few hundred times until it breaks (I've broken two in my 5 years and 24k miles).

So these are not two independent factors, it is one that leads to the other. And I knew all that and still got burned.

To make it even worse for me, when I was in that situation, the minor fault in my central locking system (a limit switch in my driver's door lock actuator) caused the central locking system to b partially faulty. So the common break-in method did not work for me.