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Old 05-23-2016, 11:10 PM   #1
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Double beep-Doors unlock and lock immediately

Hello all,

About a week ago my 1999 boxster started to act weird while trying to unlock the car.
The symptoms are:
1. Once i press the fob button, the car sounds like it unlocks and locks immediately.
2. While it do3s the unlocking/locking it beeps twice
3. If i try to unlock a couple of times the fob becomes inactive meaning that it won't have any affect to the car anymore.
4. When i remove the fob battery and insert it again, the fob becomes active but the car acts the same.
5. While unlocking/locking, i sometimes get to open the passenger's door.
6. Btw, the can does not unlock with the key. It used to work in the past.
7. If i get in through the passenger's door, and close the door, i can unlock the driver's door by pressing the in car lock button and pulling the door's handle.

Any ideas on what could be the problem?

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Old 05-24-2016, 02:46 AM   #2
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Make sure everything is shut all the way and latched. The console between the two seats is usually the culprit.

At least that's what makes mine beep sometimes.

I think the frunk not being latched and the gas cap can have a similar affect.
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Old 05-24-2016, 07:41 AM   #3
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Sounds like you may have a bad door lock actuator.
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Old 05-25-2016, 07:39 AM   #4
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Thanks,

Sometimes when the center console was not closed properly, indeed there was a double deep and the car wouldn't lock. Yet this time the car does not unlock.
Today I noticed that if I press the trunk button, the trunks pops right up with out any issue.

Is there any way to check which actuator might be faulty?

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Old 05-25-2016, 08:46 AM   #5
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I had a lot of double beep problems and bought a Durametric to pull the codes. From those codes I was able to track down the failure and fix it. So far, so good!

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