intermittent door locks
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intermittent door locks
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replaced master power window/ power door locks. Everything worked for 6 months. Power locks started to work intermitently. When inop you could hear a relay? clicking. Now no power locks
replaced master power window/ power door locks. Everything worked for 6 months. Power locks started to work intermitently. When inop you could hear a relay? clicking. Now no power locks
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It it will be the solder joints on one of the master switches driver or passenger side. Maybe the fuse but then I'm not sure if the relay would click.
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As weird as it sounds, at least to me, my understanding is the passenger side switch operates the locks.
Sounds like I was having the same problem as you.
My locks in my '00 would work 98% of the time. When they did not I would hear a click coming from the passenger side.
When they did not work it would only last for a short period of time. Stop to go in a store, they would not work, come out 15 minutes later, and they would..
One time they did not work for about 3 days though. This went on for years.
One day I decided to see if I could fix it.
Having extra parts I took a passenger side switch apart thinking I would try to solder it like guys do to the driver's side one.
You can solder what you see in the picture but I really wanted to get underneath and solder the connections where
the relay goes into the board. Problem was I could not really figure out how to get at it without destroying the switch.
Seemed to me that the board was glued to the plastic.
So I threw in another used switch I had. Lasted about a month before they would not work one day again
Threw in another used switch. Thinking that was 2 years ago and have not seen the problem since.
Yet. LOL.
Sounds like I was having the same problem as you.
My locks in my '00 would work 98% of the time. When they did not I would hear a click coming from the passenger side.
When they did not work it would only last for a short period of time. Stop to go in a store, they would not work, come out 15 minutes later, and they would..
One time they did not work for about 3 days though. This went on for years.
One day I decided to see if I could fix it.
Having extra parts I took a passenger side switch apart thinking I would try to solder it like guys do to the driver's side one.
You can solder what you see in the picture but I really wanted to get underneath and solder the connections where
the relay goes into the board. Problem was I could not really figure out how to get at it without destroying the switch.
Seemed to me that the board was glued to the plastic.
So I threw in another used switch I had. Lasted about a month before they would not work one day again
Threw in another used switch. Thinking that was 2 years ago and have not seen the problem since.
Yet. LOL.
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As weird as it sounds, at least to me, my understanding is the passenger side switch operates the locks.
Sounds like I was having the same problem as you.
My locks in my '00 would work 98% of the time. When they did not I would hear a click coming from the passenger side.
When they did not work it would only last for a short period of time. Stop to go in a store, they would not work, come out 15 minutes later, and they would..
One time they did not work for about 3 days though. This went on for years.
One day I decided to see if I could fix it.
Having extra parts I took a passenger side switch apart thinking I would try to solder it like guys do to the driver's side one.
You can solder what you see in the picture but I really wanted to get underneath and solder the connections where
the relay goes into the board. Problem was I could not really figure out how to get at it without destroying the switch.
Seemed to me that the board was glued to the plastic.
So I threw in another used switch I had. Lasted about a month before they would not work one day again
Threw in another used switch. Thinking that was 2 years ago and have not seen the problem since.
Yet. LOL.
Sounds like I was having the same problem as you.
My locks in my '00 would work 98% of the time. When they did not I would hear a click coming from the passenger side.
When they did not work it would only last for a short period of time. Stop to go in a store, they would not work, come out 15 minutes later, and they would..
One time they did not work for about 3 days though. This went on for years.
One day I decided to see if I could fix it.
Having extra parts I took a passenger side switch apart thinking I would try to solder it like guys do to the driver's side one.
You can solder what you see in the picture but I really wanted to get underneath and solder the connections where
the relay goes into the board. Problem was I could not really figure out how to get at it without destroying the switch.
Seemed to me that the board was glued to the plastic.
So I threw in another used switch I had. Lasted about a month before they would not work one day again
Threw in another used switch. Thinking that was 2 years ago and have not seen the problem since.
Yet. LOL.
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You talking about getting the black cap off so you can separate the housing to get at the circuit board?
I have gently been using a door panel tool. Getting at it from underneath.
But even then pretty sure I have broken or deformed a cap or two.
I have gently been using a door panel tool. Getting at it from underneath.
But even then pretty sure I have broken or deformed a cap or two.
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Yes, that is what I was wondering. I've heard the door panel tool before and I was thinking I'll try repairing my switches for free by soldering but if I ruin them I'll have to settle for buying new ones.
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