whitesubaru said:
I have a 1996 Outback, and the door locks stopped working...I checked the
fuse and it was alright. Put in new battery in remote and still no luck....I
can hear a clicking sound and the lights flash when the remote is
pushed....is there a re-set button somewhere?
I too have a 96 Outback with 99k miles. If your problem is the same as
mine, I offer my sympathy.
In warm weather, my remote door locks work normally. As it gets cooler,
and the problem is happening now here in Northern VA where it now gets
into 60s and lower at night, the locks start acting up. It is as if the
locks are lasy, sometimes working normally and sometimes clicking but
failing to unlock. The primary doors involved are the LR and tailgate.
Repeatedly cycling the locks with the remote often gets them to
unlock. Using the driver's door switch usually unlocks all of the doors.
The obvious is to check for poor electrical connections in the affected
doors and the driver's door. Unfortunately, that hasn't helped in my
case and I think the controller is the problem. It hangs from the
wiring harness above the driver's left foot area, in the corner against
the firewall. I priced the controller once and it was over a $100 and I
have decided to put up with the problem.
Ed P