Door lock accuators

[jdr2483]

Has anyone had problems with these? I have a 2000 model that that front passenger and rear driver are making a grinding noise. Are they hard to change? and what tools needed? Thanks

[jheinzle]

i had to replace all four on my 2000. The parts guys admit they are a problem. If you complain about the damn things and ask for a discount since you have problems with more than one, you might get 15% off. they are about $100 but i have only needed to do each door once-- perhaps the replacements have been improved?

my theory is during the winter the plastic gears can't take the cold and when they are actuated, they shear.

You just need a phillips and a torx driver to do this job. Maybe a short stool to sit the panel on while removing all the wires and controls.

i'm doing this from memory so i may have missed a little something....
- wind down the window
- remove the infinity tweeter in the window corner. remove the tweeter mount.
- remove the door subwoofer grill.
- remove all the phillips scres that hold the door panel on. Don't forget the ones in in door pull and the inside opener.
- from the bottom, pull panel away from the door, one friction button at a time. I have never broken one of these, but be careful and do one at a time.
- after the panel is loose, lift the panel off the door. it's hooked on at the top by a lip.
- work the door over the manual door lock release
- now wind the window all the way up.
- unhook the door release control rod. unhook all the wire connectors. release the loom connectors to free the panel completely from the door.
- put the panel aside.
- remove the torx screws out of the door latch/lock and remove the control rods.
-remove the wire connection

-- reverse to assemble

[spike6969]

Are you guys talking about the locks them selves..Like when you lock the doors some lock and ome dont? I have that issue with my 97 they seem to work sometimes and not at all some other times...

[jheinzle]

yep, the locks and latches-- at least on my 2000-- are the same unit.