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I changed the actuator on the driver's side of my 02 coupe with an actuator I bought off ebay that is supposedly an OEM actuator. Anyway, it seems to work fine and my power locks work fine again with the key fob, but I noticed two things that are different from before the actuator failed a few weeks ago:


1. The doors now auto-lock after I put the engine in ACC or turn it on, about 1-2 seconds after. They also auto-unlock when the engine is turned off.


2. When the engine is on, I cannot use the internal lock switch (driver side) to unlock the doors. It does nothing unless I turn off the engine, and then (see #1 above) the doors auto-unlock. I can't really remember if this was the case before replacing the actuator.


Is this likely something wrong with the installation or something else problematic, or is there some other explanation?

 
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Get rid of the aftermarket (locks, alarm, whatever) unit. Dig under the dash, I'm sure it's in there somewhere.

 
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I do have an alarm but do you think that it would change how/when it arms/locks without having been re-configured/programmed? I noticed today that it is the key turning (to the second "stop", which is ACC I guess?) that locks the doors and turning the other way that unlocks the doors. I guess it's useful actually but mostly I wanted to make sure it wasn't a sign that there was something wrong with the installation.

 
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^^^^ If you had the battery loose it may have defaulted its settings to what you have now.

An easy test would be locate alarm control and disconnect it, then try.

 
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Thanks, appreciate the input. I did disconnect the battery numerous times so that could be it. I will give it a try later.

 
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^^What he said! LOL