thatcivic96

Okay so I ordered a remote the other day for my 99 civic lx 4dr. I got the car just over a week ago. All door locks worked flawlessly. I wanted to get the keyless fob as the previous owner never had one. I programmed the remote according to instructions. It works for all doors except for drivers door. And now the drivers door doesn't work via the drivers side panel or the remote. It acts like the the lock that sticks through the door panel moves a little bit the first time I do this however doesn't lock or unlock. Again it all worked before.

Instructions I followed were:
1)All doors and trunk shut fully
2)Turn key to on position hold lock button on remote for 1 second
3)Do that a total of 4 times, on fourth time the locks make a "clunk" sound but does not cycle. It is now in programming mode. Within 5 seconds hold lock button for about 1 second locks will cycle.
4)Turn ignition off and remove key
5)Get out of car and remote should work.

My only problem is that they don't cycle when in programming mode. They just make another clunk sound.

Any help? I have searched and just seen people with issues of not knowing it locks worked before the remote and their actuator was bad. However I know my actuator is good.

thatcivic96

Bump

nub

It's not going to lock with the fob or the switch with the door open.

thatcivic96

Doors were shut. I know that trick.

nub

It may be a coincidental door lock motor failure.

With the door closed can you lock and unlock with the key?

thatcivic96

Yes I can. I just went out and say in car locked the door by just pushing the lock down. Locked all doors as normal. Hit the switch to unlock and all doors unlocked including drivers. I then tried to lock with switch and all but drivers door locked. So I locked it using the the door lock again. Then tried switch to unlock and same symptoms. Unlocked all but drivers door.

nub

When you get the no function on the drivers lock is it doing absolutly nothing or is it "trying" to move.

Sounds like the actuator is on the way out.

Have you noticed any other intermitant electrical functions on the drivers door? Mirrors, window or speaker?

thatcivic96

It tries to move. No other features are effected. Windows works flawless. Mirrors are great.

nub

If it tries to move and doesn't what does it feel like if you manually lock and unlock it? Notice any abnormal resistance like it's binding mechanically?

thatcivic96

Nope unlocks and locks with ease. So you think it is just a coincidence that the they happened at the same time? Just seems odd to me. They easy to replace? The actuator that is.

nub

Yes to both questions...stuff happens.

One more thing you can try that should confirm the actuator going bad.

Try from the passengers door switch. If you get the same non function you know where your problem is.

thatcivic96

Hm actuator from Autozone $103. O'reilly is $53 and advance is $66. Rockauto is $30 Napa is $41. Wonder why the difference.

nub

Could be the supplier of the part. The high number may be for the actual lock assembly and not the actuator?

From the dealership the lock assembly is $117 and the actuator is $58. Those are list prices and most dealers will apply a discount.

thatcivic96

Nah just actuator. Damn that's dealer price on the actuator? Not bad in relation to parts stores

nub

A lot of people have the misconception the dealer is expensive.

72155-S04-A02 is the part number. Where I'm looking the sell price is $40.46 plus shipping if needed.

thatcivic96

Okay cool man I guess that's what I'll have to try next. I'll look up a write up for it. Thanks for the help hope it fixes the issue.