Sounds like the unit in the door its self is bad. Common to fail in the
Daks. I had two oem ones to go in my 2000
-- *------------------------------Y2KOTA------------------------------* Don Mallett Y2K QC 4.7L Auto SLT+ 4x2 http://www.y2kota.us *-----I'm not late! It's that the rest of the world is early!!-----*.On Feb 24, 2005, at 4:02 PM, david.clement@verizon.net wrote:
> > Little background before the question; About 3 weeks ago when we had a > real > cold snap, a couple of weeks of temps going below zero at night and > only > getting into the upper single digits during the day, the electric lock > solenoid > on the drivers door of my 99 Dakota started to make a lot of racket > when > locked. Sounded like the coil that pulls the lock plunger had come > loose and > was vibrating in the latch (only does it when locking). The electric > lock > mechanism still works and I removed the door panel to see there was > any thing > obvious there wasn't but lubed up everything any way which didn't > help. Also, > along with this condition is a intermittent related occurrence. When > you grab > the door handle to open the door and the door is locked it normally > unlocks the > door, occasionally the button comes up but not all the way to the > unlock > position and once the handle is released the door locks again. > > Now to my question if the key is in the ignition and no one is sitting > on the > seat should the body controller allow the doors to be locked under any > circumstances? > > On my truck both the key-fob remote and the door switch are > inoperative if the > key is in the ignition and no one is in the seat but if the button is > pushed > down manually the door will lock. > > My 97 Avenger if you tried to lock the door manually, with the > electric lock > button or with the remote and the key was in the ignition and no one > was > sitting in the drivers seat the door would immediately unlock. The > wifes PT is > the same way. > > This intermittent occurrence of the button going back into the lock > position > after opening the door resulted in me being locked out of my truck > with the > engine running and my cell phone in the holder on the dash at the side > of the > highway yesterday. :( Luckily I was able to grab a piece of heavy > wire from > the comm house I was checking on and fish it down between the window > and the > glass and get the door unlocked. > > I know I need to get a new latch mechanism but I want to understand > how the > system actually works and make sure there is not something else that > needs > repair. > > Thanks, > > Dave Clement > 99 SLT+ CC 4x4 > >
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