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DISCUSSION => Electrical => Topic started by: Marauder42 on June 02, 2012, 05:06:46 PM

Title: Rear door lock troubles
Post by: Marauder42 on June 02, 2012, 05:06:46 PM

Im having trouble with my rear driver side door lock. At first I thought the actuator was going out which was causing the lock to only work intermittently, but now it's gone completely out. I decided to replace the actuator with a known working one but no dice. I connected the actuator to the rear door on the passenger side and it works fine. I connected a multimeter to the actuator connectors on each door and found that I'm only getting around 3v to the problem door and 12v to the good one. Anyone know what's going on here?

Title: Rear door lock troubles
Post by: Geoff on June 03, 2012, 06:20:29 AM

wire weasels:cool:  
  I always check the wires where they exit the body and go into the door.  the opening and closing wears them out sometimes
                                                Geoff

Title: Rear door lock troubles
Post by: Marauder42 on June 03, 2012, 11:14:00 PM

Wire weasels indeed:D

I pulled back the rubber boot between the rear door and the B-pillar to expose the harness and found 2 wires were broken. So, I pulled out the entire door harness to check for any other issues and ended having to solder 3 wires. Problem solved.:D

For anyone having issues with their central locks I would suggest checking here first.