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Old Sep 10, 2003 | 12:36 PM
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Arrow Power door locks don't work. What's the problem?

The power door locks on my 93 don't work. I checked the fuse and voltage at the switch connector. Both are fine and still, neither of the two locks work. What do you think the problem is?
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Old Sep 10, 2003 | 03:12 PM
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Did you check that the ground was also good? There is a power door lock schematic on my Tech Page. I imagine it is probably the same for a 1993. The ground is fed through the passenger switch.
Old Sep 10, 2003 | 04:04 PM
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mine stoped working to when i blew the acc fuse but now thats fixed and they still do not work...
Old Sep 11, 2003 | 03:11 AM
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On my 93 that I just got a couple of months ago, they didn't work. Turned out a switch was bad. They're cheap, only about $6.75 from a GM dealer, and that could be the quick fix. Just pick up one, and swap it from side to side and check.
Old Sep 11, 2003 | 07:27 AM
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It sounds like a bad switch to me also. Gm uses a reverse polarity system and If any wire breaks or switch goes bad the whole system won't work.
Old Sep 11, 2003 | 07:30 AM
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I have a 96 camaro, and the only thing that will not work is the passenger side unlock switch, i can lock them just not unlock them, do you think its the switch on that side?
Bill
Old Sep 14, 2003 | 11:36 PM
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Rob,
if you're reading this, I got one of the locks to work today.
After checking the grounds and +12s on both switches, it turned out that there was no +12 going to the door lock motors. After some more examining, I noticed a splicing in the driver side door harness. The TAN and GRY wires were cut and connected on both ends with 4 "alien" wires that were going into the car. I'm assuming this is from the super lame alarm install someone did on this car before.
Anyway, I cut the other 4 wires and reconnected the ends of the TAN and GRY wires back together. I can now lock and unlock the driver side door with both the driver side and passenger side switches.

I removed the panel on the other door and there is no sign of splicing there, but the motor, as expected, is not getting the +12... so the splicing has to be somewhere else. Do you know where could it be?
Thanks.
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