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My right rear door lock actuator has been "problematic" for a while, and this past weekend it passed from "problematic" to "concerning."
When I press the door lock button on the driver's door, the right rear door lock doesn't always lock (it always un-locks). However, when I press the locking button on the remote, it locks properly. When I get the car up to speed, it also locks properly
Yes, the 2006 Sonata is equipped with "automatic door locks." They come set to "Nah" from the factory, and you have to pay the dealership $40-$60 to set them to "on." My dealership wasn't even aware of that until I told them I'd give them money to do it, which I did, as a present to my car. But I digress.
Also this weekend (this is what got me paying attention to the right rear door), the electric power window for the right rear door is no longer controllable from the driver's window switch cluster. Well, it is, sort of. I can raise it from the driver's switch cluster. I just can't lower it. I CAN raise and lower it from the local switch in the right rear door.
My assumptions:
Thanks in advance.
When I press the door lock button on the driver's door, the right rear door lock doesn't always lock (it always un-locks). However, when I press the locking button on the remote, it locks properly. When I get the car up to speed, it also locks properly
Yes, the 2006 Sonata is equipped with "automatic door locks." They come set to "Nah" from the factory, and you have to pay the dealership $40-$60 to set them to "on." My dealership wasn't even aware of that until I told them I'd give them money to do it, which I did, as a present to my car. But I digress.
Also this weekend (this is what got me paying attention to the right rear door), the electric power window for the right rear door is no longer controllable from the driver's window switch cluster. Well, it is, sort of. I can raise it from the driver's switch cluster. I just can't lower it. I CAN raise and lower it from the local switch in the right rear door.
My assumptions:
- The right rear window actuator is fine, since I can control the window from the switch immediately next to it
- The switch for the window, in the driver's cluster, is shot and should be replaced ($20 from eBay, plus my time). I should add--the "Auto-up" and "Auto-down" feature for the driver's window is intermittently intermittent.
- The lock actuator for the right rear door is "sticky," and (if possible) I should oil it
- Alternately, there are TWO electrical paths that trigger the lock. One of them has higher resistance, and so I cannot get sufficient current to the actuator. The other electrical path is fine, and allows sufficient current to get to the actuator
- Alternately (again), the wiring harness between the door pillar and my right rear door to my 14-year-old, 210,000+ mile Sonata is wearing out, and everything else is fine.
Thanks in advance.
