Thread: car won't lock!
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Old 08-20-2010, 04:37 PM   #52
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Originally Posted by Bladecutter
All you need to do is trace which wire it is in the harness that is having the issue.
Use either a circuit light, or a DVOM, and test each wire's continuity to ground to see if its one wire in particular that is having the issue, then back track it through to the car body, and see if the harness was pinched somewhere between.

If it's just one wire, you can easily splice in a new wire to fix it.
Enough testing, and you might even be able to find the break point, and fix it there.

BC.

BC

Thanks for the input. I was thinking of that, but all I have to do is put a little pressure with my finger on the harness where it plugs into the Door Lock Mechanism and it works until I take my fingers off of it. Its such a "minor" short that I cant believe I cant fix it. Since I have tried 2 door lock mechanisms I think that is out of the question. Any other advice? Thanks for the quick response.
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