Central locking on habitation door not working!

We have just had the same thing happen on our 2015 Adria motorhome.

It was eventually traced to a broke wire - there were three connections in the line [from cab through the habitation part & to the actual door]. In the end a new cable was threaded back to the cab so that it can't happen again. All done under warranty thankfully.

Our previous van [a Knaus] didn't have central locking on the habitation door, so we had to temporarily revert back to what we started with - having to manually lock the door. No great hardship!

PilgrimPhil

ill go along with DD's suggestion of the door contacts, this is a very common issue on MH habitation door.....

try a good clean, and if this doesnt work, have a look at a damaged wire into the door, as also suggested..

Thanks to all for useful ideas and to confirm what we suspected - that its a common problem!  We're going to leave it until home in a couple of weeks' time.  As has been said, back to the old days and locking by the key in the meantime. No problem!! 

I had a similar problem on my 2011 Swift Sundance. The door remained 'locked' despite the key fob releasing the mechanism inside the door. Problem, I couldn't get the door open so removed the two latch plates (grub screws) and opened the dooŕ. I then removed the habitation inner door panel, a couple of screws and mostly velcro! When I operated the key fob the actual electrical mechanism worked but a small plastic trigger had 'warped' slightly and didn't release the lock. A bit of DIY and now it works, so far. That was about twelve months ago, no further problems although I have replaced latch plate screws with bolts just in case it fails again. The complete job wasn't too difficult, cheaper than local dealer. 

Brand new Auto Sleeper Nuevo, habitation door stopped working after 1 week, cured by cleaning spring loaded door contacts thoroughly on surface.

Barry, I truly hope they have cleared the fault on the habitation door, 'cos the final post before yours was dated  25 / 10 / 2017 !!