Appreciate the link!

 

I had a place replace mine with an aftermarket door lock actuator for only $40

 

awesome DIY, just finished both actuators. thanks!

 

what are you guys using to reseal the case with? I can't find anyone in the Houston area willing to do this job for me so I think i'm going to tackle this job myself.

 

I just mix some liquid steel or similar 2 part epoxy and take a toothpick to apply it around the edges. I let it sit for a bit with rubber bands around it until the epoxy sets.

 

where do you buy this at? I was looking for something fairly easy to obtain, like from a wal-mart or home depot.

 

Don't overthink it, any glue should work. I used this on 2 doors and it's been fine for a while now.

 

I just taped it

 

Holy hell - a moderator needs to clean this thread up. It's great that it's a sticky - but it's full of so much useless and outdated information (like ancient links to ebay searches and auctions that only help to confuse current users) that it's very difficult to make sense of. It took me almost a half hour and 20 pages of reading every post to find what I was looking for.

Quoting the info above for future searchers. The manufacturer and part number above are exactly what you need to search on ebay if you want to simply replace your door lock actuator motors on a second gen gs300, gs400 or gs430.

 

I just completed this DIY and it worked perfect. I simply purchased the motor on eBay. Bellevue Lexus wanted around $600 to do this job. I did it for $20 (I bought the gear puller tool).

A couple things I ran into:

1) When "cracking" open my case, it literally cracked on the edge, right where one of the screws go through. This didn't affect anything really (see #2 below).
2) I used a hot glue gun to re-seal the case.
3) I did not remove the window and it was super-easy. It was in the all-the-way-up position the entire time.
4) Once the case was opened up, I noticed a lot of grease on the contacts and some of the grease around one of the contacts had a dark spot (shorting?). I cleaned up the contacts before sealing back up the case.

What an awesome DIY! Dealers must hate it.

 

just wanted to say a huge thanks to the contributors to this thread!

this video also helped a lot
note: no need to remove window and therefore no need to remove speakers.
I ended up using a hammer and a crowbar to remove the coupler.

 

Exactly what I did! Door locks work like a charm now!

 

Great write up. Doing 2 door actuators this week and a drivers handle fix. Thanks

 

when i lock or unlock the car with remote or turn the key on the door, it doesnt lock and unlock all doors. it lock and unlock randomly, sometimes front or rear only, sometimes passenger or driver side only or cross around. no aftermarket alarm or anything. is this because of door actuator? or something else. dont want to tackle the job and its not the door actuator. thx in advance.

 

Are the lock lever/indicators slow? First indication of failure is slow or sticky locks. Eventually they fail all the way. Generally this is the case anyway. So try to watch them an let us know.