Power Lock Wont Work One Door

Symptom summary the power door locks are all inoperative or a single door lock is inoperative.

Power lock wont work one door.

If the electric motor or the mechanism inside the door lock actuator wears out the door lock may lock or unlock slowly or work sometimes but not all the time. The power lock works on the driver door it just doesn t trigger the lock on the driver door but it does lock unlock all the other doors. Malfunctioning power door lock actuator. I hear that the foil fix works very well or you could buy a new power actuator.

Power door locks can break down over time because of a worn out actuator. If it does there s probably a broken or partially broken wire in the hinge area. If the key works in it and the other front door a previous owner may have replaced the driver s door key cylinder but not have paid to have it keyed to the other locks. When the actuator gets the signal from the power door lock switch a small motor turns the gears.

The switch provides power to the door lock solenoids. If the door lock doesn t seem to be getting power hold the door lock switch in the up or down in newer cars locked or unlocked position and slowly open and close the door a number times to see if the lock attempts to work. Inside each of your car s doors is a hard working motor that locks and unlocks them with each push of a button. And although you expect things like your power door locks to work without fail that isn t always the case.

The drivers door lock switch is the most used so it stands to reason that it would fail first. In some cars a failed door lock actuator may lock but wonâ t unlock or the other way around. Don t waste your time changing the power. The power door lock actuator is the part of the power door lock system that actually controls the locks.

The drivers door switch controls all power door locks. In most cases the problem with a door lock actuator is limited to only one door. The power windows switch also works on the driver side. The actuator is a series of gears with a set of rack and pinion gears at the end.

To lock the doors the switch provides voltage to the two terminals of the solenoid.