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mjhapp »
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Tue Mar 09, 2010 2:36 pm
I hope this thread isn't dead, yet...
You can add Atlanta to the list, as well.
I have an '05.
The driver's door is intermittent. When it doesn't work, you can still see the lock 'jump' on locks and unlocks. When I have to flip it manually, it's usually just a millimeter from being unlocked/locked.
As for the cause, I have no idea. I would expect the problem to manifest on the driver's door first, as that is almost certainly to have more actions on it. However, I expect that this particular actuator is common to many nissan/infiniti models for that year. Are there other models that share this issue?
If not, I would suspect something that is specific to the murano. How about the BCM? Common to other than Murano/FX35?
Failing that, I would look toward wiring. Connectors too close to a heat source and deteriorating. Poor connector placement that is subject to moisture and corrosion, etc...
I guess I'll have to do some exploration. As someone suggested, first thing is to expose the 'defective' actuator and test it directly... go from there.
As for the folks with all actuators going at the same time, I agree with the consensus. Even more unlikely than all 4 actuators failing at the same time is the astronomical unlikelihood (word??) that all 4 actuators on many different vehicles would fail at the same time for the same model year. This alone makes me want to start looking somewhere other than the actuator. Though, if the problem is elsewhere (and, in that case, it almost certainly is,) that doesn't rule out the idea that the actuators are NOW bad... just not that it was their fault
Anxious for any other info on this topic before I pull another door apart on my 'good' car.
Thanks!
(To answer an earlier question: No, you don't have to remove the window to replace the unit in question. Not that I remember, anyway. Though you will have to remove one of the cables going to this unit to get the inner door off)