I think my power door lock actuators are shot, I want to call the junk yards tomorrow to get some used ones.

What i need to know is does each door have its own actuator and should i replace all 4 of them?

It seems the screeching noise is coming from the front doors.
2000 Neon

Thanks
Rich

 

nobody can help me out with this?

I am really hoping to get this fixed tomorrow....

 

You answered your own question. If each door didn't have it's own, you wouldn't have to replace 4 if they were all bad.

Yes, every door on any car with power anything has it's own motor/switch/actuator. Each window on a car with power windows has it's own motor. Same idea applies.

 

Thanks for the info.... guess I knew the answer, just needed someone to confirm it for me.


It seems the rear door locks are working but the fronts aren't.... so looks like I will see about getting them replaced tomorrow.

Thanks again.

 

Have you bypassed the switches with leads ("jump" the actuators) to make sure it's not a switch problem?

 

I'm not sure how to do that.
From all i have read the way they are acting and the screeching noise they are making points to the actuators being bad.