How long to replace my heater door acuator on 2011 Honda CR-V

SOURCE: 2000 Ford Focus electric locks/acuator failure recurring problem

I would follow their recommendation as I had the same problem with my car. They unhooked the power to that door and it was fine. The problem was a short in the wiring in the door that was causing the problem. So maybe get them to check the wiring in the door as well.

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• Posted on Oct 23, 2009

SOURCE: How do you get the acuator out to replace?

Repair would be to replace and I have no direct knowledge of the 99 model but my 2001 wasn't so hard and I would guess that the 99 will be a similar replacement.

• Remove the door panel, on the 2001 it's 2 screws located on the inside door handle, 2 on the bottom and one at the top near the mirror.
  
  
• With that removed you take off the foam panel and expose the inside of the door.
  
  
• The lock actuators are easy to find, they are attached to the lock rod. There is one electrical connector on it that is taken off by lifting the lock clip using a slot screwdriver then just pull the connector out.
  
  
• The actuator itself is a bit odd to get out.
  To look at the new one it seemed to me that it would click in from the top but after doing the first one I saw that it actually SLIDES in from the direction of the outside of the door.
  I found a very thin narrow **** located where the striker hits the lock on the outside door jam and this goes directly to the side of the actuator. I fashioned a tool from a narrow putty knife then pushed it into the **** and then pushed onto the actuator releasing the little friction clip that you can see on the new actuator.
  
  You then have to push and push this whole thing towards the outside wall of the door which doesn't go too easily. On my passenger side i resorted to a long slot screwdriver to use as a lever to help slide the thing forward because it didn't want to budge.
  The good thing though is that the new ones slide right into place easily.
  
  
• Another thing, the pin on the actuator that moves the lock-rod just sits inside the lock-rod, there is no mechanical attachment and it fairly loose so no need to worry about that part of it.

1. Remove the retainer screw from the door handle cover and remove.
2. Remove the screw from the bottom left corner of the door panel.
3. Pull the door panel away from the door, starting at the bottom (may need to start with door half open then close fully to remove). Lift up and off the door.
4. Peel back the door insulation by working gently at edges .
5. Remove 3 black screws from the face of the door latch mechanism.
6. Disconnect the controller arm at the top of the door latch mechanism that connects to the outside door handle. The plastic connector will push up from the metal arm after the locking tabs are pushed in.
7. Open the door half way and remove the 3 screws from the side of the door around the door latch.
8. The door latch mechanism is now able to be removed out from the inside of the door. The black wire cables may need to be removed from some of the retaining clamps.
9. The lock actuator can be removed. The actuator body will twist out of the spring clamp. Then the bar at the end of the actuator can be removed by turning