91 Olds Toronado. 3.8 liter.
Hey everybody. I've been having electrical problems with this car for over a year. It'* not my daily car. So I wasn't driving it that often.
Anyway, I got most of the problems fixed except this one.
It'* kind of complex. at least to me. Keyless entree, door locks and trunk release share some circuits and wires. my trunk would open randomly, like in the middle of the night. then my door locks, both sides would get stuck on in the lock position.
I took out the keyless entree module and replaced the two relays in it and two capacitors that were bad. they were leaking.
Then when I put it back in, the fuse that feeds it and the trunk release blew.
after troubleshooting, I think the trunk solenoid is shorted, I unplugged it and with a meter across the leads of it it read a dead short. So I left it unplugged, put a new fuse in, and plugged the RKE in again. fuse didn't blow, but only the lock function works. unlock doesn't . though I can hear the door lock relay clicking. I think I may have another problem besides the trunk solenoid.
Is the solenoid supposed to read shorted?
been working on this problem for over 2 weeks or more.
I'm at my wits end! pulling my hair out, what I have left.
Thanks for any advice.

Shouldn't read a dead short but they don't have much resistance.

If you are seeing a short circuit across the solenoid, and it blows fuses, then its probably bad. Replace away.