I finally got the door lock timer out of the car... are all the solder joints cold solder? Or are there specific sections i should solder? Is there a FAQ that i can't find? Anyone know? Thanks!

 

the PCB is pretty small, it would only take a few minutes to do the entire board

bu generally, it's around the relay near the bottom of the board

 

ive got to do mine again it was fine for like 6 months after i did it. now its acting up again

 

Here is a tutorial. It is not perfect but it gives the general idean of the repair I did.

Cheers,
Matthew

http://65.65.104.211/cars/maxima/rep...ckTimerBox.htm

 

I need to fix mine up since it's been messing up the past month, but that link is really a time saver. If it isn't already up in the FAQ, it should be.

 

your the man

 

Hi all, I have the same problem. The solution link you posted is not working, could you post the solution again?

Thanks.

 

ditto link doesn't work.

 

remove door lock timer (grey box to the right of the steering column after removing lower dash)
take circuit board out
resolder
put back in

contact Matt93se if you can't solder it yourself

 

I have removed the door lock timer, I have taken the circuit board out. Now what to resolder? everything? Capacitors, resistances...???

 

might as well resolder everything, but generally it's the relay joints that go bad
look at each joint with a magnifying glass for cracks in teh solder joints

should only take you 10 minutes or so to redo the whole board so why not

 

Ok...i'm not at car knowledgeable as everyone else on this thread. So could explain how one goes about resoldering? Taking out the circuit board sounds easy enough. But now i need a solder iron to fix this thing......WOW----WAY OVER MY ABILITIES....lol

Any links on how to solder or resolder?

Thanks

 

I forgot who sent me this, but somebody should post it in the FAQs. I ended up resoldering all the solder points (might as well since you went through the trouble of removing the PCB) It works like a charm!!!

http://65.65.104.211/cars/maxima/re...ockTimerBox.htm

Kachorknik!

 

that link is very nice, but it's also posted a couple posts earlier in this thread

bigkgs - if you've never soldered, you may not want to start by messing around with this. You can burn up lots of different components or the circuit board itself if you're not careful. I'd recommend contacting Matt93se, you can send him the board and he'll take care of it for a small fee.

 

hi,

the link still don't work,

 

alert!!!!!

uh...what's a door lock timer?