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Old Jan 30, 2007 | 10:21 PM
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so today i go to adjust my driver's side power mirror. up/down works fine. when i try left it unlocks just the driver's side door, right has no affect not even in the mirror. help would be appreciated thanks
 
Old Jan 30, 2007 | 10:28 PM
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no clue how to help, but thats totaly random. I would kinda like to see that.
 
Old Jan 30, 2007 | 11:31 PM
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Did you do any electric work to your car since you last time adjusted your mirrors?
 
Old Jan 30, 2007 | 11:52 PM
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actually yes. when i bought the car the power locks weren't working. brought it back and turns out door off a 2000 civic with no power locks was installed in car (car was a recovered theft, doors had been stolen) so the entire door harness was swapped out and replaced with the correct one for a 98 with power locks. locks work fine as well as everything else, had i tried the mirror at the time i wonder if it would have done this current problem. but how could that have somehow linked with locks?
 
Old Jan 31, 2007 | 12:12 AM
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I assumed it worked before and just stopped working. If this is the case, come back to the shop which replaced the harness.
 
Old Jan 31, 2007 | 08:01 AM
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yea i'm just curious to what it could be, any ideas a short or open?
 
Old Jan 31, 2007 | 08:03 AM
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probably a cross wire, get a new harness, see where that takes it
 
Old Jan 31, 2007 | 08:10 AM
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by cross wire do you mean a short?
 
Old Jan 31, 2007 | 08:13 AM
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yeah, thats my best guess
 
Old Jan 31, 2007 | 06:20 PM
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called the shop they cant look at it till monday. so i took the door panel off to see if i could find any frayed or burnt wires that may be touching and of course no luck. i figured if i unplugged the harness from the mirror that maybe it'd cut power off to the door actuator but it didn't. i just cant figure out how the mirror switch is now linked to the power locks, they same like total different circuits.
 

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