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mine is playing up as well, it will only lock with the key and is sometimes hard to get to lock even with the key. this started soon after me slamming the door really hard... (women)

any ideas on how to fix?

Had this same problem a few weeks back, turned out the "gears" in the locking mechanism were full of gunk inside the door. I cleaned it up, made sure it was well lubricated with some oil and then put it all back together. Haven't had a problem since, hope it helps :blink:

either that, or check inside where the lock is in the actual car frame, see if its still connected;

when i had my alarm installed, the passenger side would lock. this was due to the locking bit where the clip on the door inserts into to lock the car.. in mine, it was disconnected/broken.. fixed it up with duct tape :blink: before i can get a new one(like 5 bucks if that off a wrecker)

mine was doing the same thing...thought it was a dead actuator so i gave the spare i had to my installer...he gave it back to me when i picked the car up and said it was a crushed wire that came from the car into the door...ran a new wire and all fixed :blink:

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same problem, only on the passengers side, and the door is locked and won't unlock, it appears something in the solenoid is jammed and is preventing the actual door opening mechanism from working >_< f**k it's pissing me off, i've been playing with it all morning, can't get the sucker to open.. any tips?

i had Doug from Eastside Installs come around yesterday to have a quick look at my alarm as i said above, i have the same problem...

it was easy to fix, just a wire in the door that had gone bust, split by the door... easy fix... :D hope this helps?

great success! i didn't take any photo's but if you've ever had the lock mechanism out before it's not hard to picture..

there are 2 screws that hold the solenoid onto the lock mechanism, and another screw that was missing (presumably come undone and fallen out some time ago) that held the solenoid to the frame of the door.

over time it appears that the plastic bit of the solenoid that pivots the door lock up and down had been flexing against itself and somehow eventually come out of the door lock mechanism..

effectivly this jammed the door lock from unlocking, the only way i found to overcome it was to use a long flathead screw driver with a thin blade to wedge inbetween where the two attach each other and then rotate centrifigully, flexxing the solenoid away from lock mechanism and allowing the door to unlock :huh:

works a charm once you sit down and take your time figuring out how it all works, which is pretty hard when the fken door won't open and the only way you can get inside the door is to flex the interior trim :S

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