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A friend of mine had a similar problem on his '96 Accord. The left rear
door wouldn't lock or unlock due to a bad actuator. The actuator made
noise, but would not lock/unlock the door. We first trawled the local
junk yards for a replacement actuator, but did not find one. I ended up
buying part number 330-010 from http://www.partsexpress.com. Part number
330-580 is the same form factor but more expensive. 330-582 is smaller,
and may be easier to make fit.

I installed this actuator in the rear door (while leaving the original
actuator in there). I cut the leads to the original actuator and
soldered them to the new one. It has been working well for about 11
months now.

The actuators in the rear doors have two wires only. Do a test
connection without soldering (or crimping, whatever your preference is).
If the new actuator locks when all other doors unlock and vice versa,
just reverse polarity to the new actuator.

Many systems use a different actuator in the driver's door with more
than two wires. In this case two wires are for the actuator itself, and
the remaining are for switches that sense the position of the lock. If
you put in an after market actuator here, you need to cut only the two
wires operating the actuator and leave the switch wires as is.

For wiring diagrams, buy the factory service manual from
http://helminc.com or go to the library.

Ying Chen wrote:
>
> My 98 Honda Accord LX has some problems with the power door lock.
> About a year ago, the driver side door lock stopped working. I can
> hear the click, but the lock just won't go into locked position. I had
> it checked out at a Honda dealership, and they said it's the actuator
> and wanted $200 for it. I thought it's not worth it and managed to
> live with manually pulling/pushing the latch. Strange thing is one day
> (It was a real cold day) the power lock began to work again for quite
> some time (like 2 months) and then again stopped for good! It is
> really the actuator??? Today, the passenger side back door stopped
> working. Again, there is a click but it just refuses to lock down. I
> plan to do something about it this time because manually pulling two
> door locks is just too much, but $200 a door sounds like a rip off to
> me.
>
> My questions –
> 1. What is mechanism of this power door thing?
> 2. Is it easy to replace the actuators? Can I use a generic actuator
> to replace the Honda one?
>
> Thanks in advance.