How do I fix my door locks?

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Author Message   Kevin Rose (Kevmeister66) New Member Username: Kevmeister66 Post Number: 1 Registered: 07-2003 Posted on Thursday, July 03, 2003 - 02:46 pm:    I recently purchased a 96 Discovery. The only problme that I have experieneced is with my driver's door lock. When I use the keyless entry, the lock goes down and then comes back up. Following this the alram goes off. The key will not lock the door either. All of the other locks work fine, it is just the driver's door. I was wondering if anyone could tell me what is wrong and how to fix it. Thanks Kevin   Paul T. Schram (Paulschram) Senior Member Username: Paulschram Post Number: 1787 Registered: 02-2002 Posted on Thursday, July 03, 2003 - 03:00 pm:    Kevin: The door locks on these trucks are fairly complex electro-mechanical assemblies. If you get lucky, you may find the actuator only needs some adjustment. Pull the cover off the door and adjust the storke of the actuator by moving the actuator in its slightly elongated screw holes.   Tony Zuniga (Tony23007) Member Username: Tony23007 Post Number: 131 Registered: 05-2003 Posted on Thursday, July 03, 2003 - 11:56 pm:    You probably do have a bad actuator, that is either about to go out or is not working properly. Sometimes just tightning up the screws on the unit or moving it backwards or forward fixes the problem but I've had two doors fail on me already and new actuators are the only thing that have fixed the problem.   Paul T. Schram (Paulschram) Senior Member Username: Paulschram Post Number: 1792 Registered: 02-2002 Posted on Friday, July 04, 2003 - 09:03 am:    Tony: I've had a chattering actuator for two years. When it finally fails, I'll replace it.