here's our issue today people
put your key in unlock the door it just
spins no resistance no clicking
doors not getting unlocked spin a roof
all right especially annoying if you
have auto locking doors that sometimes
trigger for no reason
get you locked out let's get down to
business on how to fix this
all right we got the door panel off
depending on what
vehicle you have be a different way to
do it
almost all of them have door retaining
clips
pins call them christmas trees and
hidden screws
and i had to take the wiring off i
plugged it back in to move the window up
uh this one doesn't have the pins the
retaining clip christmas trees it's got
hooks that hook in there was a hidden
screw
there there there there and there
all right here's our problem guys
let's see if we can get a good look on
it
put my arm through this is detached from
the door
lock cylinder it fits right in there
i know it's not focusing very well i'm
trying to get it to
there we go all right this
popped off of there there's supposed to
be a clip on the back and it looks like
the only way to get the clip is to buy a
whole new uh
lock cylinder to get the clip on the
back so this
where'd the clip go don't know
all right so why'd it pop off the reason
it popped off is this lever
right here goes down to the lock
actuator
i'll give you a further out view see i'm
coming in through this big hole
all right lever comes down and the lock
actuator
was all nasty i cleaned it up
lubricated it soaked it in lubricant
and now everything's moving free so
there's no resistance
apparently somebody tried to keep uh
turn the key so hard that something had
to give
and what gave was that clip
so put a little blaster and some white
lithium grease on these make sure
everything's moving
move everything that you lubricated
and this lock actuator is obviously
weak when i hit the power lock unlock
it's barely lock and unlock it so i'm
going to recommend a new one
and while we're in there we put a new
clip in that
locking mechanism so that it stays in
place there's a chance that it might not
ever come out
without that clip but i feel a lot
better with a clip in it
so to get this locking mechanism out you
gotta detach
all those rods right there there
there there unplug your wiring harness
because that's your power lock and you
take three torx bolts out
and replace it and hook everything back
up it's kind of a pain
because you're going through this little
hole but
that's what we got to do to fix it