INT: Repair non-functioning Door Sensors.

[JonnyD]

Nice write up! I have had to do this on nearly every cb I have owned. I always put dialectric grease on every electrical contact after I've taken it apart. Never had another problem after using it.

[Kamatari+]

you dont even need the cleaner, just sand paper. on the other hand being 20+ years old the plastic is brittle be very careful pulling the cover off of these i broke the end off one today. other than that i scuffed the contact with 100 grit sp and re installed less than 30 mins. problem fixed. now i dont have to open the drivers door or turn the dome light to ON, so my oldest can buckle in the back seat. lol

Either way you're going to need something. Some people happen to have contact cleaner, others happen to have sand paper. Which ever works! Lol

[93smurf]

you dont even need the cleaner, just sand paper. on the other hand being 20+ years old the plastic is brittle be very careful pulling the cover off of these i broke the end off one today. other than that i scuffed the contact with 100 grit sp and re installed less than 30 mins. problem fixed. now i dont have to open the drivers door or turn the dome light to ON, so my oldest can buckle in the back seat. lol

[Alex13mod]

New sensors go for 8 something a piece at rock auto and they work without delay If the issue continues.

[Kamatari+]

Well, thanks for the bump
Maybe someone else who hasen't seen it will. Since the time I wrote this I haven't had to go back to fixing the sensors yet. The driver side is a tad delayed but works every time!

[Alex13mod]

Bringing back from the dead thread , this is useful but I ordered New ones from rock auto.

[Kamatari+]

Woah woah woah... people care that their door sensors work?!

Nice DIY with great pics! You get +1 !

Yahoo, Gracias.

[Jon]

Woah woah woah... people care that their door sensors work?!

Nice DIY with great pics! You get +1 !

[Kamatari+]

I picked up the contact cleaner this morning and did all 4 door sensors on my white accord. Seems to have fixed the problem

Thanks for the info

I'm glad it came of use! You're welcome!

[GunRunner]

I picked up the contact cleaner this morning and did all 4 door sensors on my white accord. Seems to have fixed the problem

Thanks for the info

[Kamatari+]

i just did mine by taking the whole sensor out, works awesome now but i just used WD-40 and Sandpaper

If it works, why not? I just had contact cleaner on hand, so it made sense to use it.

If you manage to lose some of the parts or just can't get one of your sensors working right

I'd suggest getting a sensor from the rear right door. Its the least used door so its most likely to work.

That was the only door that worked before I cleaned the others. I thought that wouldn't be the case since people don't normally like to sit behind the driver.

[Tippey764]

If you manage to lose some of the parts or just can't get one of your sensors working right

I'd suggest getting a sensor from the rear right door. Its the least used door so its most likely to work.

[S.W.A.T]

i just did mine by taking the whole sensor out, works awesome now but i just used WD-40 and Sandpaper

[mappyCB7]

true

[Kamatari+]

so you did all that while it was plugged in?

It's just a pin clip. kind of like The wire to a speaker but with a clip lock on it. I did mine at night so I had to take it off.

it's not hard but for future reference if you ever decide to take it off the wire might want to slip in to the hole which will make things complicated so watch out for that.

Yes, it was plugged in the whole time. I couldn't figure out how to disconnect it from the wire, so I gave up. This worked fine Chances are I wouldn't want to disconnect it since I know how to do this without d/cing it.