they dont wanna fully lock or unlock the doors...is my only option buying new ones?


how hard to change?

 

Try cleaning the rods and hardware good.

 

did that...seems they only wanna lock and lock halfway...i guess my only option is to try that relay/screw thing i saw after i posted or buy new actuators

 

Over time these things wear out. If you do have to change them out, there not too bad. you have to drill out the rivets that are holding them in and either buy nuts, bolts and lock washers to put everything back together or rivet those things back in . but thats only if you have the tool to do it. ( you can get something like that at a place that sells tools, there not that expensive depending on what you get )

 

thats the thing...i took the door panel apart and looked at them and lubed them up with white grease and to no avail...the rods and linkage are clean

even tried working it a few times...i wanna be able to use my keyless entry for the winter...wisconsin has some cold *** days and washing the car all the time the locks may freeze up...

 

sounds like you may just have to replace them. check out www.autoloc.com

 

thanks

 

My lock on the driver side sticks too. If i push it no less that 5 times and in a morse code fashion it will finally lock.

 

My passenger side does the same thing. Grrrrr, all the lil things eating me alive!!! lol

 

Ive been having this problem too. will I need a new actuator? or just some greasing up? if it's the actuators, is this the right product? http://www.autoloc.com/detail.lasso?itemid=gt2000

 

I had the same problem. I'd have to press the buttons a few times to get them to move all the way.
I sprayed lithium grease all over the linkages and started to move the rod back and forth quite a few times and now they work like brand new.

 

Everyone will get this problem! lol I have it.. what sux is that I installed an alarm system with keyless entry right? so I go to arm the car and it wont lock the door all the way! I have to manually lock them lol such a krock... but it unlocks them just fine lol. Tried to greese them but no go so.. ya know what? I'm not going to trust these old pos door locks. Because that one time where you press the button, you think its locked but some theif finds out differently THEN! your in some deep shat. So If they dont lock right, greese and cleaning doesnt work or doesnt give you a 100% sure feeling then REPLACE! Before you have to replace some stolen equipment from some car hopper....