ok it seems like ive replaced these a hundred times.. whats the deal with the accord door locks? my 96 driver door went.. fixed.. then my rear driver.. thought it was fixed . then passanger.. so i did that one.. now the driver rear again.. its a bitch to keep doing these at like 45 bucks each.. if i order and do them myself.. any help?

 

Where do you get them for $45?

 

Damn dude that sucks i have had to replace one and i got it for like $5 at a junk yard that was like a year ago and no problems yet. Wish i could help you out

 

I have the same freak'n problem man, and I am getting really pissed off about it... I think it should be on a recall list, stupid plastic peice with a spring behind it?!?! come on, use comon sense honda.....

 

lol i know.. the only place i thought of was to get them at the same audio place that does my music.. since they do keyless entry and stuff. they had them.. but i ve done this like four times. and i am getting pissed about it

 

also the guys at the shop dont replace the old one. they just bolt in a new one?? whys is that? is it not safe or are they not able to take off the old one??

any ideas? i hate that hmmmmm .. burrrrrr sound when i lock or unlock my doors...

one guy thought it was some kind of hydraluic air release

 

I took pictures of how I fix my door locks... Not exactly step by step, but you should get the drift..







This is the damn spring that makes the power door locks work.. See it broken, Honda used a high pressure spring on plastic, and this is the result..



This is how I fixed it..



It does not look the best, but you will never see it again, and your door locks work great after you fix every one of them.. My front ones have been working for about a year now with the way I fixed them.. I did take a few other pictures, and if you want to e-mail me or IM me (jsballou) and I will tell you how to do the fix..

e-mail jballou@88turboaccord.net

 

I will have a how-to on it up later this week.. Have been getting a few questions on it...

 

Here Is the fix website...

http://88turboaccord.net/plockfix/

Let me know what you think of it..

 

awesome! thanks! im going to go try it now! good job, btw.
btw, what year accord was this done on?



[Modified by AmginE, 1:23 AM 7/6/2002]

 

question: how do you remove the metal piece that connects to the door? i notice you have it off in the picture, but dont explain how in the howto.

 

ok, ive gotten the actuator completely out. ive taken it apart. that spring is not broken, that plastic is not broken. what next? the lower set of gears below the motor that spins, has the last tooth broken, that should not be the problem, it should stop exactly at that point, but whatever stops it is not, it keeps going and makes the loud high pitched grinding noise.

 

Then on yours it is something different. Try just connecting the unit to the plug on the door, and lock and unlock the door, see what happens..

 

i did.. the bottom gear stops, but the center circle one keeps spinning for about a second longer. i think that last tooth that was supposed to be there makes a difference. ill just replace it tomorrow, thanks for the howto though, it helped alot.