RockstaR said:
chill out dude
oh and by the way this post is like 1+ years old lol
what is this "piece of shit" u speak of?
POS = The wife's car. 1993 Infiniti G20, 4-wheel disc w/ABS, leather, power seats/windows/moonroof, tilt, cruise, AM/FM/CD/Cassette with factory amps, ice-cold A/C. Essentially nothing more than a Sentra with a ridiculous luxury package.
Let me explain my total hate for this waste of sheet metal. I drive an old & crusty, yet ultra-reliable BMW 325i which despite being almost 20 years old & approaching 200K miles, is still kicking strong. Now, it's obvious that no one in their right mind would bother to compare these two cars... but I would like to think that our “newer” car, which is barely 12 years old, and has less than 100K on the clock, would be the one we could rely on. But the electrical issues with this car have progressed from strange & mildly frustrating to borderline loss of sanity. Below is the Reader's Digest version of the problems we have had with this car since right around 70K miles.
Occasionally, the factory CD player will attempt to eject a NON-EXISTANT disk **repeatedly**. Not to be left out of the fun, the radio will **repeatedly** turn itself on and off at the same time. It's great fun! They will continue to gimp out on each other for a good 10-15 minutes and then it's back to normal for a month or two, before relapsing into retardation again. Also, the LCD display on the radio occasionally doesn't work. A good whack on the dashboard usually restores normal operation, for about a week or two.
Mind you if this were my car, by this point these “occasional” issues with the stereo surely would have driven me to remove, clean, adjust, and reinstall by now. If that didn't work, I would have simply smashed the stupid over-engineered excuse for a car stereo with a sledgehammer, and then hung its remains next to my long-defunct MECP certification on the garage wall. Apparently my wife wasn't so easily bothered by what has now become the very LEAST of this car's issues.
The driver's door lock began developing a very irritating intermittent problem. It seemed like the lock actuator wasn't fully engaging, occasionally causing all four doors to repeatedly lock & unlock themselves. Usually, a quick unlock/lock using the key in the passenger side door would correct this. However when this would happen, the next time someone entered the car, the factory security system would go off. A quick lock/unlock with the key again would disarm it. Irritating, but not too big of a deal. We just had to remember to always use the passenger side to lock/unlock the car.
Well, I had the car one day to change the oil, and the inevitable happened. Not thinking, and so used to my car that JUST WORKS, I locked the car from the driver's side. This time the actuator seemed to fully engage, much to my surprise. This would also prove to be the last time the driver's door would open - ever. To make matters worse, now the stupid car continually arms & disarms itself when left alone for more than a few hours - draining the battery completely. My friend, as far as this car is concerned, I am about as chill as it gets!
I'm pretty sure the door needs a new lock cylinder and power actuator, which I would have no problem replacing if I could get the damn door open. Any suggestions?
