Prelude 93 door lock problems - Honda Prelude Forum

loverskater · 07-06-2009, 03:31 PM

So, First of all, I'm french, sorry for my bad grammar or sometimes bad expressions

So, I drive a 93 Prelude with h23a (automatic)

So, what the problem:
My car being old, the owner before me didnt took so care about it (I hate girls sometime, but I'm sure that the car wasn't beat xD)

So, like the title said, I have some problem with my left door (Driver door). When i'm trying to unlock it, sometime didnt work, the door unlock, but only 75%, so I just can't open it...So, lock, unlock, lock unlock, wont work...
I'm going to the other side, unlock, and the door automatically lock o_O

Unlock again, same thing, so I need to unlock, and within 1-2sec, open the door before she lock to get in...Pass over everything and finally getting behind my steering...

So, trying to unlock the door from inside, same thing, the 2 door lock again...I just find a way to solve "temporary" this problem by unlock the passenger door and open the door very quick, after the driver door work until I shut down the car for like 2-3h

So, I would need some help with unmounting my driver door and look if there soemthing wrong with electric, I looked in Faq's and didn't found a way to unmount door for prelude 4th gen

Thanks for help...

minilogoguy18 · 07-06-2009, 09:24 PM

What happens is the rods can sometimes get bent and when they do the door mechanism thinks that the handle is being pulled and it wont let the door unlock. Mine did this and I just took both doors apart and compared with the passenger side to see what was bent and how it should be. They probably replaced some part of the mechanism and bent the rods while disassembling/reassembling, it's a pretty easy fix.

loverskater · 07-07-2009, 08:21 AM

Okay, nice

Now, I need to search for some tutorial how to unmount my door :P

minilogoguy18 · 07-07-2009, 10:48 AM

You don't need to remove it from the car, just open the doors and remove the inner lining, there's like 4 screws. Just be careful with the door controls and slide it towards the rear of the car to unlatch it after removing the screw, it's very easy to break the plastic surround.

loverskater · 07-07-2009, 11:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by minilogoguy18

You don't need to remove it from the car, just open the doors and remove the inner lining, there's like 4 screws. Just be careful with the door controls and slide it towards the rear of the car to unlatch it after removing the screw, it's very easy to break the plastic surround.

Thanks for the advices

P.s: Unmount for me was to take off the interior of the door, like you said, sorry for the error

bdmski · 07-11-2009, 03:15 AM

This started happening to me right before my battery went out. It hasn't happened to me since I bought a new one.

loverskater · 07-12-2009, 11:06 AM

Hum, I don't think my battery is my problem...I bougth it last years :S

And I have some difficulty to turn the key in my lock. I would need a video if you want to understand me, in french, its would be easy, but in english, I prefer don't try xD

loverskater · 07-27-2009, 10:14 AM

If someone have a plan of doors for Prelude 4th gen?

I searched on google, but I didn't found some.

xelocity · 08-01-2009, 08:36 PM

you dont need one, just do what minilogoguy18 said. I have had to do this numerous times for various projects...replacing window motor, door seals, and to fix the locking mechanism.

I couldn't tell you exactly where all the screws are but there is one in the handle to close the door, and the other one is behind the door handle to open the car. All of the other screws are on around the outside of the door panel, some you have to look kind of low for. Then you pull up on the door panel to unlatch it from the metal right where the window goes down into the seal. If you are pulling on it pretty hard and its not moving.. then you probably have a screw in and should look for another one before breaking something. I have seen people break the door panel.

When you actually get the door panel unlatched from the door, don't pull it away so quickly, look down and disconnect all of the connected wires so that you can set aside the door panel to work. Taking the time to label the connectors is up to you, but i think for the most part they are all proprietary from one another.

and wala you have the door panel off..

Stone · 08-01-2009, 11:30 PM

theres a pretty good write up on how to take the door panels off here

HOW TO: 92-96 Prelude JDM power folding mirrors - Honda Forum / Acura Forum - SuperHonda.com

loverskater · 08-02-2009, 04:21 PM

Thanks for the link, I need to repair one of my mirror (Someone broke it) and there is how to remove it in this tutorial! Thanks a lot!