Pajero Owners Club of South Africa

I ahve had a few issues with the central locking on my SWB pajero for a while. The passenger door will not work on the central locking, but if manually locked/ unlocked with the key, then it works.
At first it seemed it was a design flaw as the electrics clip intot he bottom of the door lock/ catch with a female clip. the Lock unit being the male. The 1st 2 times i had to fix it the wire clip and wire sleeve had water in them. A bit of WD 40 and I was back in the game.
ladt week stopped working again. i opended, no water, spray etc, put it all back and still not working. I pulled it out again and tested it with it out and when button pressed you can see the mechanism try to work but it seems jammed. I loosened all screws and oiled it all to see if maybe it had just got gummed up, but no change.
The lock unit is a sealed plastic unit.
Anyone elese had this issue? Any idea what a new one costs? or where I could get a 2nd hand one. Any other ideas as to how I could fix it.
Its a nuisence as I transport my kids in the back and need to get through passenger door and it not locking centrally is a pain in the gat. also the more I open the door pannels the looser the screw brackets are becoming and aalready they have little bite so i dont want to ahve to do it too many more times.
Any suggestions?

Hi Guys

I have a similar issue with the remote central locking. it was working fine, then started making this beeping sound after activating the alarm, but it does not lock or unlock the doors anymore - only activate the alarm. Not sure if anybody else have experienced this problem before but assistance will be greatly appreciated.

When you disconnect all levers from it, does it still not work? The fact that it previously had water in it makes me think it may have some oxidation (rust) inside. A lot of spookasem (Q40) and a bit of violence (forcing it to move when the repote is pressed) to "break" any rust (without breaking the unit, of course) to get the lubricant to do it's work may help.

If not, you may need to find a replacement unit. Try the local scrapyard (although those generally are also exposed to water). You may find it here: Pajeros at breakers yards and scrap dealers.

Anton