1998 Acura Integra Power door locks only work for driver do?

1998 ACURA INTEGRA
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SNOOZIE
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1998 Acura Integra 120xxx miles
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I have a sedan and my power door locks only affect my driver side door. Both the driver side switch and the passenger side switch along with the keyless entry remote have no affect on any of the doors except mine. Any one know what could affect this? All fuses are good.
Jan 9, 2008 at 7:49 PM
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OLDTECH2
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Check the switch panel on the left door. I think that all 4 switches are in one panel there. If so, that is the "master control." It sounds to me like you have an open circuit for the power to the other windows.
Jan 9, 2008 at 8:08 PM
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the windows work fine. its just the power door locks that dont work so i have to manual lock and unlock all the doors except the drivers. thanks though
Jan 9, 2008 at 9:21 PM
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I am running into that same problem as well. From what I understand, the problem could be in the master switch itself, or these cars have an issue of fraying wires that go from the drivers door to the body ( inside the little black Gromit accordion thing) as all the other locks get their power from the driver‘s door. Mine is even weirder, as if I lock the passenger door with the passenger door switch, the driver‘s door will lock, but not the two back doors
Jun 24, 2026 at 10:17 PM
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Yep, this can be the switch or the wiring in the doors which I have seen as well. I would pull back the rubber boot or move the wiring about to see if it makes a difference while a helper works the passengers switch. Let me know you find please.
Jun 25, 2026 at 2:06 PM
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This is the door lock module you need to get, it may be hard to find a new one and use ones are relatively cheap, just make sure to do a little research on it so you know you’re not just buying crap… only ones I’m seeing are on eBay
Jun 25, 2026 at 11:08 PM
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Good call on the door lock module :)
Jun 25, 2026 at 11:56 PM
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Well, I figured that if it was a car without keyless entry, you turned the driver side door key, and this module unlocks all the doors… so if you add an aftermarket alarm for keyless entry, all you’re doing is adding something that just sends a signal to this module. If the actuators work, then all I can think of is a relay of some sort going bad ( how the other lock actuators operate by finding ground) well, the relay that we are speaking of is inside this control unit… gonna order one and replace and see if it remedies the problem
Jun 26, 2026 at 12:51 AM
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Yep, good call, that should fix it. Here are the wiring diagrams so you can see how the system works and a guide to help with the testing.

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/how-to-check-wiring/

Check out the images (below). Let me know what you find.

Jun 26, 2026 at 5:57 PM
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