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The front passenger door on my 2015 X Trail wouldn't open from the inside. This wasn't a gradual fault. It happened from one journey to the next. After some research I have found the problem and fixed in five minutes. The same lock is used on the front and rear doors. The front doors therefore also include a child lock switch that is inaccessible. This inaccessible switch moves under car vibration over time. To solve the problem simply remove the three lock fixing screws with a T30 screwdriver. Move the lock slightly and you will see a white sliding switch which is the covered up child lock switch. Move it to the opposite position (confirm by looking at rear lock) and viola.... I first saw this solution on a Qashqai form and I discussed with a)Nissan UK b) Ancaster Nissan Bromley and c)Ancaster Nissan Eltham to confirm. They ALL denied that the same lock was used and all denied that this could possibly be an issue!! This is my typical experience of these Nissan main dealers.......ie they don't have a clue about the product they claim to be expert in.

Hello! I have a 2016 Note, manual transmission. This morning, everything was fine until I parked at work and tried to lock the car using the ‘lock’ button on the fob. The car bleeped and a red key-in-a-car warning light flashes on the dashboard. Starting and stopping the engine seemed to fix this: it worked fine after that. My next journey, no problems. But then, the fob wouldn’t unlock the car at all - though the black buttons on the exterior door handles worked fine. The ‘lock’ button on the fob produced the same exterior beep and warning light. The engine button wouldn’t start and the warning light flashed. Holding the fob next to the start button didn’t work either. Tried the other fob. Exactly the same. So I don’t think it can be an issue with the fob battery because they wouldn’t both have gone at once. I eventually fixed this by nudging the steering wheel, then the car started fine. I drove home. Then at the other end, I had the same locking issue: pressing ‘lock’ on the fob wouldn’t work until I started and stopped the engine once again. If it’s at all relevant, the auto-start-stop feature wasn’t functioning on these journeys (as in, it was switched on, but when I stopped the car and went into neutral, the engine just continued). What can you lovely people advise me? Thanks!