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In our previous episode, we uncovered the door panel of a Honda
Civic in order to replace a defective auto doorlock mechanism. Upon
further investigation into the root of the problem that’s inspired this
exercise, we’ve discovered that the problem is attributed to the
breakdown of a $2 DC motor component. Honda, you need to have a serious
meeting with the manufacturer of this inferior component before this
potentially cancerous trend of defective crap plagues your entire
product line. Things like this have happened before, and it can and
will happen to anyone, even Honda. Enough blabbery. For those of you
really interested in what went wrong with the auto doorlock component,
behold:

The doorlock assembly. Top portion is actual mechanism (metallic), bottom is auto doorlock motor (black).	The white nipple structure on the doorlock motor is what actuates the mechanism.
Note the simple gearing construction inside the auto doorlock motor (black).	Closer view.
The $2 DC mortor burnt out, which led to my having spent $60 on this component, which leads me to having to throw all this stuff in the garbage, which will eventually end up in a landfill somewhere. Now, where’s the environmentology in that? To exacerbate my frustration, the doorlock motor on the driver’s side door also burned-out recently.	Support this amateur car repair blogger.

I sincerely hope that somebody at Honda will look into this issue and
take care of this nuisance. I’m certain that a quick database search
into the parts sold will quickly reveal the deficiency in this
department: If 500,000 Honda Civics were sold in 2001 and 6 Million Lock
Assembly (part number 72110-s5p-A22) has been purchased since, it
doesn’t take a genius to figure out what the problem may be.