Power locks

riskey58 · April 28th, 2007, 12:40 AM

I have power locks on my car and one of them stopped working. I called around too see how much it would be to have it fixed. And I could not believe it> It was between Three and four hundred dollars. Does any one know is it hard to do it yourself?

bigjon · April 28th, 2007, 04:07 AM

shouldn't be hard.

knowing my car and what usually would fail, i would go to a junkyard and mind a vic with the same interior as me. then i would remove the switch pad from the arm rest on the door.

i could swap between the two cars in about an hour.

see, what usually happens is moisture gets under the switch during winter or rainy days. this creates oxidation under the switches. so, usually replacing the pad will fix it.

riskey58 · April 29th, 2007, 01:29 AM

Thank you for all your help. I will try this could save me a lot of money. What they charge for labor is outrageous.

moonmagick · April 29th, 2007, 03:44 AM

I did just what bigjon said. All by myself on a Pontiac Aztek a few years ago. And I am not mechanically inclined at all. It worked really well. And so much cheaper.

cassiem0221 · July 23rd, 2007, 04:30 AM

Like that said, I wouldn't think it would be hard. You could just reverse the steps you take to pull it out when you get ready to put it back in. I know there are lots of places within 60 miles here that will give you most anything off any junker on the lot, for super cheap.. I think you could probably do it yourself for less than $100 for sure.

jff.law · April 15th, 2008, 02:05 PM

Well,it not that difficult really, you have to disassemble the door, and on some models that can be a task by itself. If you know what is wrong already, then just replace the part that is bad. If you still have to figure that out, you will need to diagnose a possible electrical problem, again not so easy.

April 28th, 2007, 12:40 AM	#1 (permalink)
riskey58 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 145	Power locks I have power locks on my car and one of them stopped working. I called around too see how much it would be to have it fixed. And I could not believe it> It was between Three and four hundred dollars. Does any one know is it hard to do it yourself?

April 28th, 2007, 04:07 AM	#2 (permalink)
bigjon Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Rochester, NY Posts: 904	Re: Power locks shouldn't be hard. knowing my car and what usually would fail, i would go to a junkyard and mind a vic with the same interior as me. then i would remove the switch pad from the arm rest on the door. i could swap between the two cars in about an hour. see, what usually happens is moisture gets under the switch during winter or rainy days. this creates oxidation under the switches. so, usually replacing the pad will fix it. __________________ 2000 HPP Mods

April 29th, 2007, 01:29 AM	#3 (permalink)
riskey58 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 145	Re: Power locks Thank you for all your help. I will try this could save me a lot of money. What they charge for labor is outrageous.

April 29th, 2007, 03:44 AM	#4 (permalink)
moonmagick Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 66	Re: Power locks I did just what bigjon said. All by myself on a Pontiac Aztek a few years ago. And I am not mechanically inclined at all. It worked really well. And so much cheaper.

July 23rd, 2007, 04:30 AM	#5 (permalink)
cassiem0221 Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 25	Re: Power locks Like that said, I wouldn't think it would be hard. You could just reverse the steps you take to pull it out when you get ready to put it back in. I know there are lots of places within 60 miles here that will give you most anything off any junker on the lot, for super cheap.. I think you could probably do it yourself for less than $100 for sure.

April 15th, 2008, 02:05 PM	#6 (permalink)
jff.law Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 12	Re: Power locks Well,it not that difficult really, you have to disassemble the door, and on some models that can be a task by itself. If you know what is wrong already, then just replace the part that is bad. If you still have to figure that out, you will need to diagnose a possible electrical problem, again not so easy.


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