Power locking has stopped
09-26-2022, 10:15 AM
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Power locking has stopped
Hey everyone.
So as the title says my 2010 Jeep Wrangler JKU Sahara has intermittently stopped locking via key fob and door lock switch. I have replace the batteries in both fobs. The fuse m38 has been replaced. The doors have never come off in my ownership. I have been searching and searching and haven’t found anything on this issue. Thank y’all so much in advance.
So as the title says my 2010 Jeep Wrangler JKU Sahara has intermittently stopped locking via key fob and door lock switch. I have replace the batteries in both fobs. The fuse m38 has been replaced. The doors have never come off in my ownership. I have been searching and searching and haven’t found anything on this issue. Thank y’all so much in advance.
09-26-2022, 11:26 AM
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I am not going to be a ton of help here, but I think I'd be googling around about the WCM (wireless control module). That is what I believe is communicating with that fob and if you've eliminated the fuse, fob batteries, and wiring harnesses (the doors have not been off so not likely that) then it's sounding more like an actual WCM issue. It also sounds like this is happening with both keys since you replaced batteries in both. I've not had to mess with a WCM at all so don't have much experience to be helpful with it, but that is what I'd be leaning towards as an educated guess at least.
09-26-2022, 11:33 AM
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I am not going to be a ton of help here, but I think I'd be googling around about the WCM (wireless control module). That is what I believe is communicating with that fob and if you've eliminated the fuse, fob batteries, and wiring harnesses (the doors have not been off so not likely that) then it's sounding more like an actual WCM issue. It also sounds like this is happening with both keys since you replaced batteries in both. I've not had to mess with a WCM at all so don't have much experience to be helpful with it, but that is what I'd be leaning towards as an educated guess at least.
09-27-2022, 08:26 AM
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I have had the same issues so dosed the door switches with WD40, worked the switches up and down lots of times and away it went. I believe lack of use of the door switches caused them to have bad contact and confuse the TIPM. Works great now and did do it again a few times after so repeated fix. Now been at least 8 months since last incident. I manually lock and unlock occasionally as well. Put it down to aging electrical components.
10-06-2022, 04:14 PM
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I have had the same issues so dosed the door switches with WD40, worked the switches up and down lots of times and away it went. I believe lack of use of the door switches caused them to have bad contact and confuse the TIPM. Works great now and did do it again a few times after so repeated fix. Now been at least 8 months since last incident. I manually lock and unlock occasionally as well. Put it down to aging electrical components.
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10-18-2022, 03:52 PM
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Still no fix, new symptoms
Update: so now no power locking, only power unlocking. I really hate this rabbit hole and don’t want to just toss money into a TIPM if it’s not the TIPM. Please help y’all.