The electric locks on my 1996 Accord wagon would click for hours after the doors were locked. This went on for about 10 years, then it finally gave out entirely the other day. Now I can only open the front doors with key, and can't open the hatch (trunk).

My mechanic wants to replace the circuit board for $425. I'd rather just have them make the locks manual if it would save money. Is there a way to do that? Since the key manually opens the front door locks, the hatch door lock is the only one that would have to be keyed manually.

 

you might check out the fix for grinding door locks (its free to try it). i think its in the faq. i'll have a look.

 

here is the link i was talking about. not sure if it is your problem but it might be worth trying it. i know you said your lock was clicking, i'm not really sure what you mean by that but it reminded me of this.

https://honda-tech.com/forums/honda-accord-1990-2002-2/94-97-accord-d-s-lock-actuator-microswitch-repair-reset-2465699/

 

Yea you can defiantly find a post here if you type it in the search bar. There are some very useful ones!