Driver's Door / Central Locking System acting neurotically... SOLVED
Hi gang !
I just replaced the motor in the power lock actuator of my driver's door thanks to a free aftermarket motor from the most generous CandiMan The original problem was that the actuator was not locking the front door, but with the new motor the actuator now seems to work fine based on both a bench test and also running it right off the driver's door harness. The problem is when I use the lock button on the remote key fob, the locking system goes into a lock-unlock-lock-unlock fit that lasts for something like 6 cycles. The second time it happened, the alarm also went off even though I had the door courtesy light button depressed...
I've had the actuator out for almost a year, so I took the precaution of referring to the Rave manual to make sure all the bits went back in the correct place. I never disconnected any of the locking linkages when I removed the actuator, other than the short metal rod that connects the plastic actuator plunger to the rest of the door locking assembly, so I doubt this odd behavior has anything to do with linkages.
There is nothing in the manual that would explain why the central locking system would behave in this strange way, but my intuition tells me that the Central Locking System is detecting that all locks are not being engaged properly, which would imply there's a problem with the driver's door since the other doors have not had any problems.
Any ideas ??
Thanks !
Kev
Hi gang !
I just replaced the motor in the power lock actuator of my driver's door thanks to a free aftermarket motor from the most generous CandiMan The original problem was that the actuator was not locking the front door, but with the new motor the actuator now seems to work fine based on both a bench test and also running it right off the driver's door harness. The problem is when I use the lock button on the remote key fob, the locking system goes into a lock-unlock-lock-unlock fit that lasts for something like 6 cycles. The second time it happened, the alarm also went off even though I had the door courtesy light button depressed...
I've had the actuator out for almost a year, so I took the precaution of referring to the Rave manual to make sure all the bits went back in the correct place. I never disconnected any of the locking linkages when I removed the actuator, other than the short metal rod that connects the plastic actuator plunger to the rest of the door locking assembly, so I doubt this odd behavior has anything to do with linkages.
There is nothing in the manual that would explain why the central locking system would behave in this strange way, but my intuition tells me that the Central Locking System is detecting that all locks are not being engaged properly, which would imply there's a problem with the driver's door since the other doors have not had any problems.
Any ideas ??
Thanks !
Kev
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