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Old Sep 25, 2004 | 09:34 AM
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Stupid car....
The door locks dont work at all. It has power locks so i think that the actuators are stuck, but the doors still cant be locked by hand or with a key. Right now it is unlocked so i want to get it fixed
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Old Sep 25, 2004 | 07:34 PM
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When you press the button does the actuaters make any sound? If so, you're right; the actuater has gone bad, more then likely the boot that holds the grease in for the spiral cut rod that lifts the locking mechanism probably has busted or broken. I had the same problem with my drivers side actuater...after a while it just stopped working
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Old Sep 27, 2004 | 09:27 AM
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My actuator on the passenger side froze up so I couldn't lock the door. I took the first step of replacing it, which is drill out the rivet that mounts it to the inside of the door, now I can lock the door at least.

Now if I can just get around to ordering the new actuators, and find the time to replace them, I'll be in good shape.
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Old Sep 29, 2004 | 02:48 AM
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darn this seems to be an epidemic! My key is jammed in my passanger side door lock, so now I have to some how pop out the lock and try and get the door open at all!
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Old Sep 29, 2004 | 05:18 PM
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Oh that's easy. Open the door, and right on the side of the door adjacent to the door lock there is a little metal plate that looks like a rounded rectangle on right side, grab a pair of pliers ( you might want to wrap the ends with some electrical tape to keep from scratching your door up) pull that plate out and the door lock should just pop out, but it's still connected to the locking rod(don't know the correct name) detatch and you're done. You might wanna take off the door panel to detact the locking rod.
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Old Sep 29, 2004 | 07:12 PM
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door is jammed shut, will have to pop the lock then try and see if i can get the door open.
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