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2008 Nissan Skyline 370GT Coupe - Should the door unlock when the key fob is close & I try to open the door?


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Hi,

I recently had some panel work on my drivers door. It took ages as they had to order the side mirror from Japan.

The repair guys are very good, and will look into it, but I thought I better check before I demand a fix.

I am sure that before the work, when the car was locked, it would auto unlock if I had the key close enough to the door (even in my pocked, so not that close) and try to open the locked door. Am I remembering correctly? and should the same occur for the passenger door?"

The other thing that is not quite right, is that when I pop the boot, it only pops up about a millimeter. How much should I expect the boot to pop up when I click the boot release. Looking at mine, you cant even tell the boot is unlocked. I also note that when I close the boot, it comes down harder than what I remember.

On my ADM Infiniti G37 there is a soft button on the door handle (both driver and passenger side), that when pressed with your keys in proximity locks/unlocks the car (press once to unlock just the drivers door, press it twice quickly to unlock the passenger door as well). I assume the JDM V36 Skyline is the same.

Yes, my boot does the same only opening approx. 1mm - you can barely tell it is popped open. And yes, the boot closes hard if you just push it down (like my kids constantly do).

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4 hours ago, Nightcrawler said:

On my ADM Infiniti G37 there is a soft button on the door handle (both driver and passenger side), that when pressed with your keys in proximity locks/unlocks the car (press once to unlock just the drivers door, press it twice quickly to unlock the passenger door as well). I assume the JDM V36 Skyline is the same.

Yes, my boot does the same only opening approx. 1mm - you can barely tell it is popped open. And yes, the boot closes hard if you just push it down (like my kids constantly do).

I haven't had the car for over two months, and that sounds kind-a familiar. I'll try it tomorrow. I'm still getting used to the car again, after driving hire cars for the last two+ months. They had it so I could just grab the door handle, and maybe thats where I was confusing it with. Although, the double press for the passenger is new to me.:91_thumbsup:

With the boot, I am sure I used to be able to see that it was popped open. But again, maybe I am used to other cars now, and relied on the dashboard light. Anyone know if it's a spring or the struts or totally normal from new, that would be the cause for its lack of sticking up?

PS: for me, the 1mm for the boot is an exaggeration. from memory, it looks like its 100% close, but when you lift it, the lock is disengaged.

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