Passenger door won't lock properly

[--Wolf--]

Right so today I noticed my passenger door isn't locking properly. Whenever I use the central locking switch on the drivers side door (the one that locks both) my passenger lock (the stick that sticks out of the bezel, not sure of correct name, the thing you use to manually lock/unlock it) only moves half way, rather than all the way across (to lock it)

Even my aftermarket alarm doesn't lock it all the way across and it turn means it is unlocked unless I do it manually on the passenger door. Took the bezel off and that was not stopping it moving in anyway.

Any ideas? 86.5 JDM Supra.

 

[hvyman]

The arm could be bent not allowing it to lock all the way.

Door panels been off recently?

 

[Dirgle]

Yeah, have the door panels been off lately? If so there is a small plastic sheath that goes over the lock wire. It has to be in the right place before you put the door panel back on. If it's off by even a little it will bind the lock motion.

Here is a pic where I circled the piece in blue.

The pic is credited to JSeaman

 

[--Wolf--]

Thanks will have a look at that...but no I've never taken the door panels off since I've owned the car.

 

[stolensupra]

I had the same problem on both doors. I took the panel's off and lubricated every moving part with wd-40 I know it's not technically as good as teflon lube or something like that but I had it on hand and now no power lock problems anymore.

 

[Heavy D]

^^^ had the same problem just a few days ago, and i spayed pb-blaster, and now its all set, and locks easy and fast.