Driver's door lock has dropped down into the door.

Is the battery failing,if so it will, as you said
mess with the GEM Module & it's relays &
give you just what your getting.
You may have a bad door switch as well a battery

There may be two items to check
1. there may be an additionl set of keys in the car, if so the little clicker on the key will not allow you to lock the doors unless the motor is on

2. one of the doors may not be completly closed.

Sounds like the linkage came off, remove the door panel and inspect

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Check door switch connection and operation.
If the door switch is part of the door lock mechanism, within the door itself, then remove door panel, disconnect the mechanism's electrical connector and re-check that the interior light no longer comes on with that door ajar. If it doesn't, then you likely have a faulty door lock mechanism, which you will have to replace.
This faulty switch will also have the affect on your random central locking function.


This is not likely connected to the engine performance issue.

Before you replace anything, inspect the connector pins in both the driver's door switch and the passenger door switch. If you don't find any problem with these connector pins, replace the driver's door control switch.

you will need to remove the door panel and check out the back of the key lock ,something is broke here thats for sure

Hi

The door control module actually consists of the door's Electronic Control Unit (ECU) and the switches or buttons integrated into one assembly. There are two of them: the driver door module or DDM (as seen on the sample diagram below) and the passenger door module or PDM, which is on the right front door. These modules are programmable.
They are also called driver door switch (DDS) and passenger door switch (PDS), so perhaps you can rephrase your search.

Please check this links to get some useful information:-

http://www.2carpros.com/articles/test-or-change-electric-power-door-locks

also check the picture attached:-

Please get back to us if you have further query or else please accept the solution.

5wilson, looking at the electrical diagram , the driver's door switch can lock out the windows from opreating completely (I'm not quite sure about the drivers window, but the Driver's door switch is one common denominator. DON'T REPLACE IT JUST BECAUSE I HAVE MENTIONED IT, I AM GOING TO GIVE YOU OTHER PLACES WHICH SUPPLY POWER TO THE WINDOWS FROM ONE SPOT!
Power supplies and grounds: Remove the driver's door switch and the main power supply going into the switch is a TAN wire. This is a switched wire (meaning the windows won't operate withiot the ignition switch on) There is a junction block to the left of the bottom of the steering column (C8), it contains a 30 amp circuit breaker which has the tan wire going to it. Coming off of that same harness before it gets to the circuit breaker, is a window drop relay. (Are you sure you want to mess with this?) The window drop relay is in the driver's door. It has "roughly" 8- 10 wires going to it.There is a black wire also coming off of the switch which grounds to the body. As the harness passes through thee door and connects to the interior harness, the wire is black and tan out of the junction block.. You will need a good test light or digital volt/ohm meter.
I am making the assumption you know how to use a test light and a digital volt/ohm meter.

I hope I haven't made a confising mess for you. Electrical is best left to the pros..
Good luck.

JEB, Homestead Florida

Total credit to rfbqwerty

Have 2003 Kia Rio 1.6, door shut, locking pin springs back down, I followed rfbqwerty istructions to the Penny and it worked in about 20 minutes I was able to open the door. The restst is a POC, thanks a million!!!

Option found in Google 6/16/2012

rfbqwerty

03-28-2006, 06:22 AM
Easy method to open a stuck Kia Rio door. Full credit to 'fastkia' for explaining how to open a stuck lock but after opening my lock by his method I found an easier way to do the job. You need a piece of straight wire (clothes hanger is good) and make a 3/4 inch square bend on one end. Wind down the window & push a tapered (plastic) wedge between the glass and the inside rubber to get a gap to work through. Poke the wire down beside the glass and pull up on the lever that is operated by the outside door handle. This is not the wire from the door handle but is the lever the wire connects to in the lock. While the lever is held up by your hook you can now pull up the locking button. Remove the wire from the door and everything works and it can be opened and closed as often as you like but don't press the button or use the key lock or it will be stuck again. The lever is normally held up by a small spring that has a sharp bend at one end and the spring will ALWAYS break at this bend. I used the same spring with a 'new' loop made from a section of paper clip to replace the old loop. Better than the original. No cost and it took less than 30 minutes