Paul K

All:

If I take the door panels off, can I see the entire door locking mechanism working? When I lock my doors, I hear the actuators clunk, then they clunk again, and the horn beeps. The doors do not lock. Several searches have revealed the following possibilities;

1- one of the actuators is sticking, or

2- the car thinks something is open (trunk lid, engine lid or gas filler door).

Re: 1. The actuators make a strong sounding clunk. I am tempted to replace them both, but am not sure if this is the problem, hence my question about being able to see them functioning if I press the remote or switch on the console with the door panels removed?

Re: 2. I opened the trunk and the light came on. so the switch appears to work. I checked the engine lid and gas filler door and both seem firmly closed. Is there a way to check if this is the problem?

Open to any other suggestions!

Thanks in advance,

Paul.

Paul K

All:

I forgot to mention- my suspicion regarding the actuators is due to the fact that the drivers side door locked the other day and wouldn't unlock- there was no resistance against the trigger on the outside door handle. I opened the passengers side, reached over and opened the door using the inside handle. The outside handle worked after that.

Basically, I am hesitant to spend $200 and half a day to replace my actuators unless I am sure that's the problem.

Thanks,

Paul.

Stealth 993

If the horn beeps something is open, or the car thinks it's open. My first bet would be to short the door, & trunk switches & see what one causes the alarm to work, then replace it.

Paul K

Are the switches that turn on the courtesy lights the same as those that enable the locking mechanism? I.e. if the lights go out when I close the hood, engine lid and doors, the switches are working correctly?

Thanks in advance,

Paul.

Paul K

Update:

Took the door panel off. Hit the remote. Door locked. And stayed locked. No beeping. Put the panel back on. Hit the remote. Beep! Dang it. I fiddled with the actuator and when I push it up, the horn beeps- not sure why. It appears the actuator is bad, so I'm going to replace it.

Will report back when I install the new one.

Paul.