Removing Rear Power Door Lock Astro

Rear door panel service and repair rear door panel components water deflector replacement.

Removing rear power door lock astro.

Remove the lock and actuator assembly and take off the plastic cover. Remove the door from the vehicle. Drive out the hinge pins while an assistant holds the door in place. I have a 1997 astro van and recently i shut the back doors two door version and now they will not open unlock.

Disconnect the wiring harness from the license plate lamp and power door lock if so equipped. Remove the water deflector away from the door. Remove the rear seat and remove the phillips screws in the right rear door panel. Allow the actuator to drop down then disconnect the black electrical connector.

Pull out the lock and actuator assembly along with its cables. I tried the power locks as well as the key. That did not work either. The chief complaint centers on outright lock failure where the driver activates the switch to unlock all doors and one or more locks fail to disengage.

Other videos show how to remove the door trim. Remove the door trim panel on the right door only. Diagnose the problem by first reviewing what you re dealing with. This video shows how to repair a wiring issue for the door lock actuator on a 1999 gm astro van.

Disconnect the door lock actuator. Then remove the three screws from the door lock. This video concentrates on a wiring repair and where. Chevy astro and gmc safari vehicles equipped with power door locks will occasionally cause problems for owners.

In my 1990 astro van removing the rear door panel to get to the door lock handle assembly was eay. Find the two 10mm bolts above and below the actuator and remove them. Refer to water deflector replacement see. 1 carefully remove the door panel 2 unscrew and remove the door lock mechanism 3 now simply separate the door lock actuator from the door lock the door lock actuator is the part with the wires.

On the right door remove the wiring harness from the license plate lamp and the power lock actuator. I read where you can take off the speaker cover in the door and reach thru and unlock release from there. Not sure why chevy decided not to put interior release.