[Opie]

Originally Posted by Overdrive

Thanks for the reply, Opie.

I worked on the door lock actuators myself with a friend who has made a living working on cars professionally, so with him knowing wtf he's doing much more than myself he did the majority of the work, I was pretty much a glorified panel puller and tool gofer for most of it, and we verified everything was functioning properly after the job was done. The lock cylinder itself was not changed. I may have to go back in there like you suggested and see if anything happened to it. If it were frozen/corroded, would it still be able to turn in either direction or would it be stuck and unable to move?

I did mention that I have two sets of keys, one basically brand new because it's lived its life as a spare that I thankfully haven't needed to make use of. Both keys experienced the same problems interacting with the car, batteries were replaced in both, and both required several button presses before either one got a response from the car.

Yes, a lock cylinder can get corroded so badly it seizes, or moves a little but not the full rotation. Also, keys can get worn and no longer full engage all of the tumblers. Have to pull the cylinder to check bith of these.

The keyless would appear to need further diagnostics, maybe one of the keyless receiver modules in the car is going bad, or has something near it that is causing interference.