Originally Posted by Johnhav430

That's an interesting observation. I had concluded that my driver door lock actuator did not work, and my smart key system did not work, when I got my car used.

Then, when the dealer fixed the actuator, everything worked.

Now I wonder, should I have waited 3 seconds? Would the smart key system have worked then? I suppose only someone else with one actuator out could answer.

Maybe I missed it, can anyone clarify why it's always the driver's door first? Why not all 4? Why the pass door next? What about the two rear?

And why these fail when other cars with power locks go 20+ years no problem, a buddy theorized. He said he believes that cars with smart keys, the actuators function every time you lock. On cars with simply power locks and a fob? Once locked, you can click over and over and over and nothing is physically happening. So "clickers" who feel they need to beep the horn or lock more than 1X to be sure, are putting excessive wear on smart key cars, but not regular cars. I have no way to prove any of this as 2 of our cars have smart keys, 2 do not, 4 have power locks. the other two are silent when clicking the fob multiple times, that's all I can tell....the 2 with smart keys make a clicking sound at the doors, over and over, if manually clicked after being locked...