Door locks on '95 Contour driving me insane...

Feb 18, 2006 1 Replies

Whenever it gets a little cold, both front doors won't unlock. (I'm using a remote since the previous owner changed the starter lock but didn't think it was a good idea to have it coded with the same codes as the door keyholes)



(and no, I don't have the original keys)



I can't use my key to unlock the doors, so I have to rely on my remote.



The door locks won't open until the car is warmed up. Both rear doors can open without any trouble.



I sprayed some silicon/graphite stuff in both front keyholes, but it doesn't change anything.



I will take the doors apart (gotta change speakers and have my locks recoded to my key, and the passenger window has some issues going up or down too), and I was thinking about drowning the door mecanisms in grease, silicon, etc... so it won't do that again next winter.



I don't think the problem is the actuators, since the whirrr/click/whirrr/click noise comes from about 2 inches from the keyhole.



Any ideas?


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