We provide actuators for door locks fuel doors trunk lids back glass sliding door and lift gates.
Lol collision locking door.
The federal government has set safety standards for door latches that are quite strict.
This feature is by design and intentional.
Locked doors don t make a car structurally stronger but closed doors do.
So doors almost never open anymore due to the force of the crash itself.
But in some severe accidents the inertia just the force created by crashing into something can be enough to move the rod or springs inside the door and allow the door to open.
A rod connects the actuator to the latch and another rod connects the latch to the knob that sticks up out of the top of the door.
Vdo actuators install like the original and provide quality performance restoring your vehicles locking mechanism like new.
It simply disables the latch mechanism as you say tom.
Locking the door doesn t add additional bolts or anything.
Conveniently available in an assortment of styles.
But as alex said this button did not work when he tried it.
Collision body parts and hardware.
Car door lock actuators are designed to lock and unlock a door without the effort of pulling on a cable and rod.
This was not a malfunction of my car.
The answer is sometimes yes.
Dorman offers a comprehensive line of door lock rod clips manufactured to save you time money and labor.
And locking the doors makes them more likely to stay closed in a crash.
Replace only the clip instead of the entire door locking rod.
In some cars the door lock actuator is positioned below the latch.