Mercedes benz vehicles such as e c s ml gl r class are designed to automatically lock the doors as soon as you start to drive.
Mercedes driver door won t lock.
Our jackie cooper mercedes benz tech tip.
Apply wd 40 or equivalent product directly into the lock.
My driver side door just stopped locking and unlocking when using the remote.
If the lock isn t getting power hold the lock switch either up or down and then open and close the door repeatedly to see if the lock will work.
My car has 67000 miles.
The remote will open and lock the other doors.
There is a couple of ways to fix this problem.
When this issue occurs it s.
The replacement actuator was a mercedes replacement part.
You have a broken wire.
If a door unlocks but will not lock again then replace the door switch.
Perhaps your mercedes locks work but they open and close slowly.
You likely have a shorted door lock actuator which you can replace with a new unit for the lock that is not working.
On those models the door lock actuators may fail causing the door lock to bounce up and down several times.
Driver door lock won t lock i have a 1995 e300d w124 which had a similar problem to that of the original post.
Replacing it may require removing the car door panel.
It s a great safety tool eve.
You can choose to unlock all doors or only the driver s door with this simple process.
2010 c300 driver side door lock actuator was not working and door would not lock i replaced actuator and the door now closes and latches but the actuator still does not work.
Open and close lock to.
Using the key in the driver door lock would lock all doors except for the driver door.
All of the other door lock actuators work.
Again if one door doesn t work but others do the problem could be with the door lock solenoid.