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Door locks cycle when I am washing the car V50

Well we may have an issue but I am not sure.

Today was the first time I washed the car since getting the service completed for the TSB lock service. There is something odd happening.

When spraying the car doors with the wand, the door locks kept cycling on / off. You can hear the chirp and see the lights on the side mirrors flash. Sometimes just spraying against the window would do it. It does it on all doors.

Since buying the car I've washed the car many times but never saw it do what it did today. I'm worried that there is water ingress into the door lock mechanisms. The car doors I'm familiar with always had plastic sheeting that protected the electronics from water. When the door panels were removed to fix the locks, could that barrier have been breached?

Plus today I also noticed the top of the drivers door panel wasn't fully engaged with the clip. I gave a nice bang and it attached, now it isn't wobbly.

I had the service done on 4/29/2020.

Is this normal and I just never noticed it before or did something happen during the lock replacement? I don't have a good history with this service department, I caught them doing a very bad thing on a TSB for my V50.








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    Door locks cycle when I am washing the car V50

    If you have the key fob in your pocket the door handle pressure sensors may be activating by water spraying on them. Leave the key fob in the house and see if that makes a difference.








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      Door locks cycle when I am washing the car V50

      Yes, if you have the magic key, and it's on you, then this happens. It's normal. If it wasn't happening before the lock service, well they fixed something!

      Now this reminds me that I need to wash my wife's V60. Gotta get the oil streaks off the tailgate :-)








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      Door locks cycle when I am washing the car V50

      Same thing happens when washing my 2017 VW Alltrack. Believe it is the door handle sensors. Leaving the key out of your pocket is a good suggestion.
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      Will I buy another Volvo??? We'll see....








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    Door locks cycle when I am washing the car V50

    I should have put in my post that this car is a 2016 V60. There isn't a place on the forum for the V60 so I just posted under V50.







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