Rear Doors And Boot Won't Open.central Locking Not Working.

[smitty248]

Hi everyone.

 

This is my first post and I am getting desperate and frustrated.

 

Here goes

 

The driver side door lock was getting stiff and difficult to open\lock.The passenger side worked fine so I used that for a few weeks to open and lock the car.I bought a set of barrell from eBay that came with their own keys.My local garage put these in but the boot locked and the back doors deadlocked.They had too get a electrician to unlock them.I bought another set of the same locks thinking the first ones were faulty but the exact same thing happened.

 

What is the fix for this?On inspection the original passenger lock turns further than the replacement barrels.Is that the problem?And where can I get the actual correct barrels?

 

Please help as I'm going crazy

 

Thank you

[coastline taxis]

what year is the xsara

[smitty248]

2003

[paul.h]

Check in the car handbook but when using the door locks with the key, 1 or 2 turns may do a deadlock and possibly 2 or 1 turn does not. Using a key fob on some older cars (C3) one push of the remote lock button does a deadlock but 2 does only a lock. On most later cars 2 pushes of the fob lock button are needed to do a deadlock.

 

A Citroen dealer will sell the right barrels if you use your car VIN.