I am trying to diagnose a problem that just developed with the power door lock on the drivers site. The passangers side door is not effected and works as expected.

1) drivers side can unlock only, lock will not work. I need to use the keyless entry to do this.
2) passangers side works fine (lock and unlock)

Because I can unlock the doors from the drivers site, does this mean my acutator is fine? Could it just be the switch itself?

any ideas?
jeff@realcowboys.net

 

Logicaly if you can lock and unlock it can not be the actuators.

JMC

 

Thank you for your reply.

I can only unlock the dirver side door, the lock function does not work. I was told that it was the acutator, but then again, I dont know what they really do.

So you think it is just the switch then? What else could prevent the locking of the door, but allow the unlock to work fine.

Jeff


PS: Remote key fob will unlock and lock fine. Only drivers side door impacted by this problem.

 

If that door can not lock either by using the key pad, any door lock switch, or the key fob then most likely the actuator is not working. What year truck do you have?

JMC

 

Thank you again for your reply,

I have a 1998 F150 4x4 Scab ORP.

I can lock the door with the key fob and the passengers side door. I think after communicating with you, it might be just the switch or possibly a loose wire.

Is it easy to get access to the inside of the door.

Thanks again
Jeff
jeff@realcowboys.net

 

You only need to lift the Window Regulator Switch Plate. That is the panel that holds the window switches. Pry it upwards and it will snap out. This will expose the Switches. The black wire is the ground. When you turn on the lights does the switch light up? if not the ground wire is deffective and that is what is causing the problem. Try shorting the Pink with Yellow striped wire to the black. This should unlock the doors. Then short the Pink with light green spriped wire to the black. This should lock the doors. Do not leave these wires connected but just touch them.

JMC

 

Hello Gentlemen.
I seem to be having lots of trouble with the electrical system in my 2001 F-150 Supercrew Lariat.May be You can help me .I have a drivers side front window that wont roll up or down(it went out gradually).My seat wont go backwards. it will move evry way except back(this went out gradually).
OH,not done yet,the passenger side front window wont roll up from the drivers side control pannel but it will from that passengers door(this went out gradually).My windshield wipers work fine on med. or high settings ,but when put in the delay mode ,they move in increments of about 4-6 " at a time and about once every other second .
I am starting to think that "HALF" of every switchin the truck is gonna go out . If you have any suggestions please let me know..

 

The Wiper delay function is controlled by the GEM. Some of the Driver Side Power Window is controlled by the GEM. The power to the other windows is routed through the Acc Delay relay which is controlled by the GEM. The Power seats are not GEM controlled. The GEM, Power Seats and Windows share the same ground. G200 located behind the passenger side kick panel.
There should be 2 green bolts holding 2 black wire harnesses. Check the grounds to make sure they are tight. The next thing to check would be the Acc Delay relay and the One Touch Down relay. These relays are in the Central Junction Box behind the little door under the dash on the left side of the steering column. Look at the owners manual for the location of the relays in the box.

JMC

 

I had this problem with my 98. Went to Best Buy car install bought a $20 actuator (they're quite reliable) and just added to the door. I didn't even need to remove the old unit, just rewired them! It took about 15 minutes to do including taking the door panel on/off.

By the way, your lock wires are up in the left foot kick area drivers side plugged into a electrical box pink green and pink yellow. They are (-) trigger if it has keyless, and 5 wire if it is non keyless...

 

OK, I have similar problems to other who have posted. I have a 2000 F150 XLT. Whether using the keyless remote to unlock/lock or the inside switches, the locks will often not work. If you hit the switch I can hear the relay under the center of the dash clicking, and I can see the locks *trying* to work, but they often don't make it. Occassionally you'll get lucky.

Are the actuators a binary fail, in that if they are bad they never work again? Mine are intermittent, though they fail to work most of the time.

I have the best luck with the locks on the first try. If that fails, the locks seem to get less and less responsive as you try the switch repeatedly.

Any suggestions other than replacing actuators?

Thanks in advance.

 

I just replaced the actuator in my passenger side door this morning.

Like many of you on this thread, the door would lock most of the time, but would almost never unlock. Lots of "trying" to unlock, partial unlocks, etc.

I ordered the part from fordpartsonline.com and they shipped it out fast. The part I received was not the same as what in the door. It was better. It works just fine and because it was narrower, it was easier to get the lock mechanism back in the door than it was to get it out.

On my 2000 there is a screw behind the small sub-panel that surrounds the door handle on the inside.

If you want some pictures, send me a note on email and I'll go take a few.

Hunt4Fun

 

1st notice of problem-Passenger door does not unlock when unlock button is pressed from driver door or passenger door but will lock from either. Next day Passenger door still doing the same but now drivers side locks and unlocks slowly no unusual clicking or sounds coming from either door, just the normal sound that it makes when locking or unlocking power doors.

There is a clicking under passenger side of dash which sounds like to me what a relay sounds like when it's going bad going bad.

Does this sound like a relay problem

 

I had similar problems with my passenger side door two years ago and replaced the actuator ( very ackward process!). Late last summer the driver's side started to go bad but before I got around to fixing it the weather turned cold and the the darn thing fixed itself!

Since then I have noticed that on warm days the problem has returned and with spring finally here I expect that things will get worse. Does anyone have any idea why this actuator should be affected by temperature ( especially the way it gets better when cold - kind of the opposite of what I would expect)?
TIA

 

After you replaced the aculator on the pass. door do/did you still have the problem warm or cold weather?.

I just don't understand why it sounds like a relay clicking under the pass.side of dash.

 

I am going through similar pains. Please see my post explaining how the system works -- or should work . Maybe it will help.


Roger