Update on Door Actuators
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From: Burbank Wa
Update on Door Actuators
Well I called Corvette America and had them send me 2 new door lock actuators to replace the 2 they had already sent that I thought were defective.
So to make a long story short, low and behold I now have working door locks. The bad part about it is that I thought I had done something wrong as to why they were not working and spent the whole day tracing wires and checking connections and could find nothing wrong. To top it all off I had to pay for the shipping to send thier defective parts back, I thought that was just wrong as it was not my defective parts.
Thanks to all who chimed in with their advice it was a relief and a help thanks again...
Scott
So to make a long story short, low and behold I now have working door locks. The bad part about it is that I thought I had done something wrong as to why they were not working and spent the whole day tracing wires and checking connections and could find nothing wrong. To top it all off I had to pay for the shipping to send thier defective parts back, I thought that was just wrong as it was not my defective parts.
Thanks to all who chimed in with their advice it was a relief and a help thanks again...
Scott
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From: Huntersville NC
out of the box defective part 
Very frustrating, especially for the home DIY mechanic, but not that unusual.
Time for my defective part story? 92 volvo wagon, drivers side window stopped working, so I tried to fix the switch but managed to break the plastic parts. But still I could play around with it and clearly, clearly it was the switch that was broken. I could line it up and push it and lower the window and then it would shift and not work. So I took it to the dealer and when I called later the service mgr told me they replaced the switch but the window still wasn't working so they were going to look at the motor in the door. (switch was $25, motor $200, so I was freaking out). I told him I "thought" it was the switch, but after I hung up I realized that I didn't just "think" it was the switch, I was 100% SURE it was the switch, so I stopped by the dealer but by the time I got there they had figured out their switch was bad out of the box and all was well..... (And I didn't have to pay shipping for the bad switch!!!!!)
Very frustrating, especially for the home DIY mechanic, but not that unusual.Time for my defective part story? 92 volvo wagon, drivers side window stopped working, so I tried to fix the switch but managed to break the plastic parts. But still I could play around with it and clearly, clearly it was the switch that was broken. I could line it up and push it and lower the window and then it would shift and not work. So I took it to the dealer and when I called later the service mgr told me they replaced the switch but the window still wasn't working so they were going to look at the motor in the door. (switch was $25, motor $200, so I was freaking out). I told him I "thought" it was the switch, but after I hung up I realized that I didn't just "think" it was the switch, I was 100% SURE it was the switch, so I stopped by the dealer but by the time I got there they had figured out their switch was bad out of the box and all was well..... (And I didn't have to pay shipping for the bad switch!!!!!)
