Has anyone replaced V8V locking modules DIY?

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Ever since I've owned my 2008 Vantage, my drivers door has suffered the common, iffy locking syndrome. Has anyone here successfully replaced the door lock/catch module themselves?

http://astonmartinbits.com/models/5-V8-Vantage/par...

I'm assuming it is that part?

Inexpensive on its own but having been unable to find any guides to swapping them over, I'm wondering whether or not it is DIYable given it's c.£500 a side to have them sorted.

Anyone with any experience of doing it?

Thanks

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Gingernuts - that's really helpful thanks.

Davek - not sure if that's all that's needed, I guess that's the main point of the thread. In the various threads about this, people often think they have solved it with new batteries, key fobs or other electrical fixes, but it inevitably always ends up requiring new modules. There is talk of dealers coding them to the car but I can't see what for. Hopefully it's just a case of plug and play.

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Useful information from both, thanks.

I'm definitely not brave enough to be the guinea pig on this so will keep digging. Need redpants to do a video for the communities (read, 'my') benefit. Haha

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I think I'll just continue to double check it with the key

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Something that I have noticed with mine is that if I use the interior console switch to unlock the doors before getting out of the car, then both doors are more likely to lock from the fob. If I, or the passenger, just open the door with the handle whilst they are still locked then it's likely that one of the doors won't lock.

I do not think I have the same thing as you where the furthest door will not lock but I haven't played about with the keys to see if one is more or less unreliable than the other.

But agree it would be good understand the problem properly.

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This thread has been useful, if only to clarify to me that there are at least two causes (if not more) of iffy locking syndrome (as I am snappily naming it) which doesn't exactly help, and probably makes DIY unlikely as diagnosing whether it's modules or locks does not appear straight forward.

Maybe between a few of us we can devise some logical tests to help diagnose.