The child locks on the back doors my 2000 Expedition seem to engage by themselves. I have reset them to "unlock" dozens of times and after the doors are opened and closed several times they are "locked" again. It does this on both doors. Any idea how to fix?

Thanks,

Dave

 

My right rear door did the same thing on my 2000. I used a piece of heavy duty tape.

 

Same here, pisses my friends off when I say it's not my problem an step out of the truck hahah.

 

I have the same issue, I have my truck set to lock the doors when the truck in put in gear and determined that if a rear seat passanger tries to open the door without unlocking it first it engages the child protection.

Bud Gordon

 

its only on my pass rear door.

 

Yup, rear passenger door. Not a huge deal but irritating for the 12+ year old crowd that sits back there....

 

Yep, rear driver door here. I thought I was going mad for a while.

 

rear passenger side door

 

i like it, it reminds my teenagers that dad still has some control on thier actions.

 

Seems lik I only have that problem once in a while but it is a bother. I dont even get out. I just roll down thier window n tell em to open it fromt the outside and switch it to unlock when they get out

 

SOLUTION!!! I put up with this for years with my 2001 Lincoln Navigator.

The hardest part to fixing it is removing the interior door panel, so make sure you find out how to do that on your model before you destroy some expensive plastic parts. Once that is off, the rest is a piece of cake.

The problem is caused by the interior door handle rod. It needs to be adjusted because it is too short, allowing the door handle to open too far. A plastic clip attaches the door handle to the rod (the rod that connects the interior door handle to the door latch). Unhook the the clip and lengthen the rod by moving it back towards the latch, then close the clip to reattach the rod. The door handle will not pull open quite as far. Test the adjustment by switching the child lock to the unlock position, and while leaving the door open, pull the interior door handle open and closed rapidly several times. If the child lock switch no longer "climbs" from the unlocked to the locked position, shut the door and make sure it will still open when you pull the interior door handle. If so, you fixed it! If not readjust the rod and try again. Good luck.

 

Thanks for the tip.