Features:

  • (2) Actuators
  • (2) 6.75" Mounting Straps
  • (2) 8.5" Connecting Rods
  • (4) Self Tapping Screws
  • Additional Pictured Hardware
Great Alternative to Dead Locking Mechanisms

When my door actuators went bad, I only had a few options: Find junkyard parts - ~$40, but very temporary Buy new/refurbished locks - $50-$180 each Buy these actuators - $13 and a little labor These work fantastically, and have no issue locking/unlocking my vehicle. Just had to splice them into my existing harness. Extra kudos to the seller, who sent me extra mounting straps for my installation. Many thanks!

Work great, no problems, lasted years so far

I've used these universal actuators on other projects and they work great. Recently a nine year old installation on my vehicle stopped working. At first thought, I figured it was the actuator. I disconnected it from the system, powered it with an external 12 volt source and it worked fine. Then I checked the door lock master device and it was still sending the signal to the actuators, but as an intermittent signal. I found the problem was with the wiring at the door hinge pivot in-between the device and the actuator. Nine years of opening and closing the drivers door had weakened the wiring and it was only making periodic contact. I replaced the wiring and the outer sleeve with a better product and all works as it should again. While inside the door, I also noticed the bracket and actuator rod were still bright, clean and not rusted. I've done repairs on doors with the metal solenoid actuators in other projects due to lack of operation and they would come out rusted, sticky and pretty much a mess. These universal actuators, being housed in plastic or nylon, with no exposed metal moving parts are holding up great. If you have this style of actuator and it's seems like it's going bad or not working, it may be your installation causing the problem and not the product. I've seen some pretty hacked up self-installs and I've been amazed they even worked, eventually they don't because of lack of good moral mechanical ability and just blame the product.

They work great and consistently

Im a professional mechanic and purchased these for a customer that had an 08 Impala with malfunctioning actuators. The mounting in the front doors was a little difficult, but to no fault of the new actuators themselves. They work great and consistently. My only complaint was the lack of instructions, so here are a few tips: The blue wire is the unlocking wire and the green wire is the locking wire. Its 16 gauge wire, but the crimps are a little unorthodox. Use a flat press type crimper to really seat the connection and tape it up on top of the little plastic sleeve. You should use a 1/8th or 5/32nds drill bit to clean the actuator mounting holes and drill through the inside door metal. Use thread locker on the screws that hold the actuator rods together.

Cheap Price Worth It ?!?

Purchased this actuator for a Scion XB. The rear door lock actuators failed, so I went looking for an affordable replacement as the dealer wanted $100 each for OEM. Crazy price! $5.40 each with shipping included! Installation was straight forward, although the wire was a very light gauge. Actuators are very strong and have about a 1 inch pull. I would recommend soldering over crimping the wires. They have just been in for a day, so I can't tell you about long term reliability, BUT at the price, even a year of use would be reasonable. Dec. 22nd 2013 UPDATE: Wow, so it's been over 3 months and these things are going strong. Aside from the light gauge wire..... I would recommenced using lock tight on the rod clamps, one came lose within the first week, no big deal, 5 minutes per door, open them up, use a little lock tight, problem solved. Very happy with them. :-) May 4th 2014 UPDATE: The lock actuators are still working perfectly! Now I need an actuator for the passenger front door, so I am ordering 2 of these, I can't believe they are sold in a 2 pack for $9.62 with FREE SHIPPING!UNREAL value!

Work great. Excellent buy!

These things work great! I used these in a VIPER install for my chevy truck. The locks in my truck are very difficult to move and these things push them like they're a lawnmower in a tractor pull. I was able to install these pretty easily in about 3 hours. Most of that time was spent finding where they would fit inside the door panel. Once I found the spot, I drilled a hole to fit the arm through, and bent it to shape. (very easy to do with some vise-grips) I could not figure out what the brass stripping was for (with the holes in it) and didn't deem it necessary to use them. (maybe they're for a bigger door?) Anyways, the locks went in with ease and they are very powerful, you can hear these things lock my doors from like 75ft away. they're that powerful. Just take note that if you are installing these yourself, you WILL need relays unless your locking mechanism says you don't. They draw a lot of power when they're on and will blow a fuse if connected directly to your unit. Only one problem I experienced with these: they did not include long enough screws. The screws included would only reach halfway through the holes! How can this be!?! so you may need to purchase your own hardware for these.

2008 Suzuki XL7- Great fix

I was a little unsure about this when it arrived, but went ahead and tried. The unit is plastic, but well constructed. The brackets are easily bendable, but in the end, that was perfect. I installed this on a 2008 Suzuki XL7. A replacement OEM was about $350-$400 plus labor. Following guides on youtube, I was able to get the door trim off easily enough. The hardest two parts of installation was figuring out where to mount and which wires to hook to. I actually was able to mount the unit in a hole in part of the inner metal work without any modification or drilling. I simply used two of the screws holding it into mount the bracket. Luckily, the brackets were bendable and I could shape it to the counter of the inner metal work. The wiring was the difficult part. I had a hard time trying to locate diagrams for wiring and in the end, it was trial and error. The wiring kind of made sense some, but if you want to know- Green to gray and Blue to orange is what worked here. I recommend locktite on the connector rod screws. I did have to cut it down to size, but that was easy enough. The connector rod is easy to shape with pliers to the angle you need. Since I was lucky enough on location, no modifications of the door dampener or trim were needed. Took two hours due to wiring and finding location to mount. Knowing what I know now, I could do it in about 30 minutes. All in all, a great and easy fix for a broken actuator. Would definitely use again. Only down side, is I had to use both mounts for one actuator.

Awesome in my ZJ

These are awesome if you’re mechanically capable and can engineer your installation. They’re louder than original, but I’m thrilled to hear a quick CHUNK instead of the annoying Whirrrrrrr... of the failing original actuators. Attached are photos from the driver side of my 1997 Grand Cherokee. Passenger side are the same, mirrored. I used cup point set screws (M4 x 0.7) with blue Loctite instead of the supplied screws. Space inside the front door shell is limited but this has room outside the door shell, inside the arm rest. The back door uses two straps. These are supplied with one strap per actuator. I didn’t mind buying an extra set for the straps and having spare actuators. Disclaimer: Your results may vary.

First door is always the hardest but worth it!

Had both driver and passenger power locks go bad. This was supposed to be a quick project. The only problem is where to attach it which proved to be a challenge with my 2012 mitsubishi outlander. Plus the wiring for my car is ofcourse, a lot more complicated than just having 2 wires so I had to do some trial and error to figure which wire goes to which. It's no fault of the product though. I wish it had longer brackets. It took me a good 3 hours to fix my driver side door. The passenger door only took me 30 minutes including taking the side panel off and back on since I already know where to put it. All that aside, it's working great and for the price, it's a no brainer! My power locks are back!

Not plug and play, but lets you repair bad power locks easily.

These come with enough linkage and bracketry to install them just about anywhere you’d want to, and they have enough pull to move any door lock I’ve seen. I have a vehicle that had bad door lock actuators which were unavailable aftermarket; I installed these to the appropriate spots and those doors now unlock better than the ones that I didn’t alter. These are the same as most of the 3-wire actuators that come in most keyless entry kits.

Who says, "cheap, fast and easy," can't be a quality job?

DIY Mechanic and electronics guy here, These little additions to the rear locks fixed the problem I was having with my 09 Chevy Malibu. The process to replace the stock electronic locks was explained to be a hassle and expensive. Putting these on was easy and I did it with minimal screws. I do believe I needed a mini right angle screwdriver to get at some parts. But besides that, the install was done in less than 45 minutes. Who says, cheap, fast and easy can't be worth every penny?

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