Q: My auto door locks do not work anymore.
I'm not sure why my auto locks do not work anymore. I recently programmed a remote entry FOB and it worked for awhile, and now it doesn't. Is this a common problem? I've looked up how to enable and disable the auto locks and tried it for myself but it doesn't seem to be working.
My car has 200254 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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