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re: OT Mechanic Help - Actuator Motors
Posted on 7/8/15 at 11:44 am to failuretocommunicate
Posted on 7/8/15 at 11:44 am to failuretocommunicate
Find an independent mechanic
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Posted on 7/8/15 at 11:46 am to Placebeaux
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All four? Must be tons of traffic in that back seat
Probably not, but every time you set the alarm, they'll actuate.
(even though, on most cars, it sets on the first click, people still hit it twice to hear the horn)
Posted on 7/8/15 at 11:47 am to failuretocommunicate
Try one of the glass shops. They can change them and you can usually find them on e-bay for around $100.
Here's one for $106.
LINK
Here's one for $106.
LINK
Posted on 7/8/15 at 11:49 am to rcrawfish1
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Used
Why buy a used electro-mechanical part?
Posted on 7/8/15 at 11:50 am to N2cars
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Probably not, but every time you set the alarm, they'll actuate.
(even though, on most cars, it sets on the first click, people still hit it twice to hear the horn)
Bingo! VetteGuy gets it.
Posted on 7/8/15 at 11:52 am to failuretocommunicate
I got pretty proficient at door handles and actuators thanks to that Cadillac. 
Posted on 7/8/15 at 11:53 am to failuretocommunicate
nope, they didn't all fail at the same time, not unless you had an electrical problem that would likely have blown a number of other electronics in the car.
one possibility is that that the solenoid in one lock shorted and blew the fuse that the lock circuit is on, but anyway..
go elsewhere
one possibility is that that the solenoid in one lock shorted and blew the fuse that the lock circuit is on, but anyway..
go elsewhere
This post was edited on 7/8/15 at 11:54 am
Posted on 7/8/15 at 11:56 am to Jagd Tiger
crazy thing is.....when you google this problem, it seems that it is very common. I've been driving cars with power locks all my life and i've never come across it or heard of it happening to all of them before.
Posted on 7/8/15 at 11:59 am to Placebeaux
In actually OP that is way overpriced as mentioned take it elsewhere.
Posted on 7/8/15 at 12:03 pm to failuretocommunicate
Manufacturers are demanding cheaper and cheaper parts from their suppliers.
Chances are, Nissan and GM use the same supplier for this part.
Chances are, Nissan and GM use the same supplier for this part.
Posted on 7/8/15 at 12:11 pm to N2cars
If it is an internal module, wouldn't it throw a code. Can he take it to Autozone and see if there are some electircal codes showing up. I had a Honda throw electrical codes but I had to trace it to the actual problem. I would buy one and test it before I changed all four. Also, it seems that this really would be a control problem. If he can pull one of the plugs he can tell if it isn't getting voltage. I would test the back of the control panel 1st. Very strange for all four at once.
Posted on 7/8/15 at 12:36 pm to tiger94gop
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Very strange for all four at once.
They didn't fail simultaneously.
Yes, I would check the central switch first. It would be easy to put a meter on the plug to see if he's getting DC, I agree.
Posted on 7/8/15 at 1:22 pm to failuretocommunicate
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I've been driving cars with power locks all my life and i've never come across it or heard of it happening to all of them before.
not that uncommon, first car i had w/ power locks, T-bird, had a door lock solenoid go out, like I said, one might have taken the other down, but theres a much better chance it would have blown a fuse first.
don't overthink this, if you aren't qualified to fix it, shop it to another, more reputable mechanic.
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Chances are, Nissan and GM use the same supplier for this part.
tru dat,, parts made in china, tailand or mezzico..
shite is shite..
funny thing is, I'm old enough to remember when "Made in Japan" was garbage, (except for the Deep Purple album) and then "made in Japan" became synonymous with quality, largely thanks to Edwards Demmings, fukking Hitachi used to make the most bullet proof car air conditioners ever built. and now everything once done well in Japan is shite from the rest of the pac-rim.
This post was edited on 7/8/15 at 1:28 pm
Posted on 7/8/15 at 1:31 pm to failuretocommunicate
OP at the Nissan dealership:
Posted on 7/8/15 at 2:10 pm to meeple
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Dealer is obviously going to rake you over the coals. Take it to another mechanic and get an estimate, or if you are handy search youtube, buy a part from rockauto.com and fix only one of them yourself first to see if that's the problem. If it still doesn't fix it, the problem is electrical somewhere else.
This...most actuators are relatively cheap online and there are thousands of videos out there on how to change them out. Find one on your particular car to see how much of a pain it is, get the part and change it yourself.
Posted on 7/8/15 at 2:19 pm to failuretocommunicate
Not the same viehicle, but I had a Chevy K1500 that did that. The plug on the back of the switch was loose. I pressed it back into the socket and it worked fine.
My brothers Tundra had a film (or maybe corrosion) on the plug harness. Cleaned it off and it worked fine.
Might check those two things before ordering parts etc. Youtube probably had a video of how to remove the door panel without messing anything up.
Good Luck
My brothers Tundra had a film (or maybe corrosion) on the plug harness. Cleaned it off and it worked fine.
Might check those two things before ordering parts etc. Youtube probably had a video of how to remove the door panel without messing anything up.
Good Luck
Posted on 7/8/15 at 2:27 pm to Jagd Tiger
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W Edwards Deming
Posted on 7/8/15 at 2:36 pm to N2cars
I went to buy a cordles Hitachi driver/drill set thinking I was getting Jap quality, then realized..
"Made in China".. fukk........
it's all like that now though.
Posted on 7/8/15 at 3:00 pm to failuretocommunicate
Even if you aren't mechanically savvy, changing actuators is only slightly more difficult than changing the car battery. Find the parts on ebay and give it a go.
Posted on 7/8/15 at 3:03 pm to go_tigres
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Even if you aren't mechanically savvy, changing actuators is only slightly more difficult than changing the car battery. Find the parts on ebay and give it a go.
yea getting the door apart is probably the hard part..
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