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Do I have to order handle from dealer or does somebody got a lead on other options. Will need it painted obviously.Going to put a left rear handle on driver door and remove lock and linkage.
Do I have to order handle from dealer or does somebody got a lead on other options. Will need it painted obviously.Going to put a left rear handle on driver door and remove lock and linkage.
I installed the Jimmi-Jammer kit on all four doors. Post #110 (not mine) on a previous page has some photos. If you only replace the driver door handle, crooks can still pry open the trim and access the op-rods to open the door ... and they can do that at each door. The Jimmi-Jammer kit also comes with the plugs to cover the holes when the lock cylinder is removed. They can still break a window to get in, but that gets noisey ... doesn't stop them, only slows 'em down a bit.
I'm contemplating a hidden switch to disable the fob-operated unlocking (keyless start on mine), but an inline switch may also disable my remote start. Still weighing the pros/cons and wondering where I'd mount the switch.
Raising this thread from the dead with a different dilemma. Recently ordered a 2022 KR, so I've been removing my personal effects from my 2017 KR in preparation for trade-in. I went to reinstall the driver's door lock cylinder and op-rod, and they went in without a problem ... until I tried operating it. The fob would unlock the door, but it would immediately lock again without any input from me. Keyless start and I didn't press the lock button nor touch the door handle. Tried using the key and it felt like the lock cylinder never went into "full" unlock position because the key would swivel back down clockwise ... would not remain in the unlocked position. Removed the lock cylinder again, and the fob and proximity sensors lock/unlock the door without a problem ... except there's no lock cylinder in the door.
The photo below is not from my truck. That little white pawl looks like it's supposed to engage a notch on the side of the lock cylinder, but I could not make it engage with the door handle assembly removed from the door. The bolt which is installed along the rear edge of the door compresses this pawl against the lock cylinder. That makes me wonder if there's a need to physically rotate the cylinder further after everything is buttoned up inside the door to make the pawl engage the notch. I haven't tried forcing it, and I'm hoping someone here has experience with this issue.
Recently ordered a 2022 KR, so I've been removing my personal effects from my 2017 KR in preparation for trade-in. I went to reinstall the driver's door lock cylinder and op-rod, and they went in without a problem ... until I tried operating it. The fob would unlock the door, but it would immediately lock again without any input from me.
I think I found an answer. I asked the Jimmi-Jammer distributor about this issue and he suggested I rotate the op-rod 180° ... said he had also run into this situation a while ago. I had oriented the op-rod as shown in the Jimmi-Jammer installation video, but then quickly started to wonder if it was placed in the door merely for video purposes only. The video shows a man removing parts from the door panel which had already been disconnected beforehand off screen. And that makes me believe the op-rod may had already been removed and repositioned (albeit incorrectly) for the video. Upon reviewing a few other videos, I found one of a door handle assembly being removed, and its op-rod was indeed oriented 180° different from I had done. I'll find out for certain when I attempt re-installation of the lock cylinder again this weekend.
UPDATE: Rotating the op-rod 180° fixed my problem. Now I just hope nobody breaks into my truck before trade-in time (new truck is scheduled to be built 8/12/21).
Troveman, you forgot the low battery detector. The alarm starts going off randomly in your driveway or out in a national park while camping, typcally around midnight or 4:00 am if you leave it in accessory mode or forget to turn something off or just don't drive it for 6 weeks or so. At home I now keep it on a trickle charger. Hard to do in the forest while camping . There are no dash indications on the low battery fault.
The alarm starts going off randomly in your driveway or out in a national park while camping, typcally around midnight or 4:00 am if you leave it in accessory mode or forget to turn something off or just don't drive it for 6 weeks or so. At home I now keep it on a trickle charger. Hard to do in the forest while camping . There are no dash indications on the low battery fault.
