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From: Crash Lander on 10 Jun 2010 01:26 My series 1 AU decided it wanted to not lock the passenger front door any longer. Gave it to the mechanic down the road, and he said the actuator needs replacing. No worries, told him to do it. All the doors now lock. However, everytime you unlock the doors, ALL the door actuators cycle 2-3 times, and everytime you open ANY door, ALL the actuators cycle 2-3 times. The mechanic has no idea as to why. I called Ford, and they asked if the mechanic has done the modification to the body electrics module. The mechanic has no idea what that is, and neither do I. Anyone have any ideas on how to fix this please? Also, since the actuator was replaced, the auto lock function doen't work anymore. (That's when you unlock the car but don't open any doors, it's supposed to lock itself again after a few minutes.) I've taken out all the actuators and inspected the range of movement of all the various bits, and they all appear to be working fine. It's got me stumped. Hoping someone here can help plase. Crash Lander --
From: George W Frost on 10 Jun 2010 02:12 "Crash Lander" <here(a)there.yeahright> wrote in message news:lL2dnRZpwc7i6o3RnZ2dnUVZ_tadnZ2d(a)netspace.net.au... > My series 1 AU decided it wanted to not lock the passenger front door > any longer. > Gave it to the mechanic down the road, and he said the actuator needs > replacing. No worries, told him to do it. All the doors now lock. > However, everytime you unlock the doors, ALL the door actuators cycle > 2-3 times, and everytime you open ANY door, ALL the actuators cycle 2-3 > times. The mechanic has no idea as to why. I called Ford, and they > asked if the mechanic has done the modification to the body electrics > module. The mechanic has no idea what that is, and neither do I. Anyone > have any ideas on how to fix this please? Also, since the actuator was > replaced, the auto lock function doen't work anymore. (That's when you > unlock the car but don't open any doors, it's supposed to lock itself > again after a few minutes.) It usually locks itself after about 30 seconds > I've taken out all the actuators and inspected the range of movement of > all the various bits, and they all appear to be working fine. It's got > me stumped. Hoping someone here can help plase. > Crash Lander > > -- > Look at cleaning your remote control pull it apart and clean the contacts with acetone
From: Sylvia Else on 10 Jun 2010 02:40 On 10/06/2010 3:26 PM, Crash Lander wrote: > My series 1 AU decided it wanted to not lock the passenger front door > any longer. > Gave it to the mechanic down the road, and he said the actuator needs > replacing. No worries, told him to do it. All the doors now lock. > However, everytime you unlock the doors, ALL the door actuators cycle > 2-3 times, and everytime you open ANY door, ALL the actuators cycle 2-3 > times. The mechanic has no idea as to why. I called Ford, and they > asked if the mechanic has done the modification to the body electrics > module. The mechanic has no idea what that is, and neither do I. Anyone > have any ideas on how to fix this please? Also, since the actuator was > replaced, the auto lock function doen't work anymore. (That's when you > unlock the car but don't open any doors, it's supposed to lock itself > again after a few minutes.) > I've taken out all the actuators and inspected the range of movement of > all the various bits, and they all appear to be working fine. It's got > me stumped. Hoping someone here can help plase. > Crash Lander > Any chance you have the original faulty actuator that you could reinstall for diagnostic purposes? It's possible that the replacment actuator is incompatible with the body electrics module (whatever and wherever that is) without the modification. Sylvia.
From: Scotty on 10 Jun 2010 03:52 "Crash Lander" <here(a)there.yeahright> wrote in message news:lL2dnRZpwc7i6o3RnZ2dnUVZ_tadnZ2d(a)netspace.net.au... : My series 1 AU decided it wanted to not lock the passenger front door : any longer. : Gave it to the mechanic down the road, and he said the actuator needs : replacing. No worries, told him to do it. All the doors now lock. : However, everytime you unlock the doors, ALL the door actuators cycle : 2-3 times, and everytime you open ANY door, ALL the actuators cycle 2-3 : times. The mechanic has no idea as to why. I called Ford, and they : asked if the mechanic has done the modification to the body electrics : module. The mechanic has no idea what that is, and neither do I. Anyone : have any ideas on how to fix this please? Also, since the actuator was : replaced, the auto lock function doen't work anymore. (That's when you : unlock the car but don't open any doors, it's supposed to lock itself : again after a few minutes.) : I've taken out all the actuators and inspected the range of movement of : all the various bits, and they all appear to be working fine. It's got : me stumped. Hoping someone here can help plase. : Crash Lander : : -- : Id say that the actualtor needs readjusting. This happens when you have it too high or too low from ideal. Its called motorboating and its when you actuate it down it hits the switch and that sends it down again. As the central lock signal might be for 2 or 3 seconds it stops after a few up/downs. Pull off the door trim and remount it slightly lower try again and if its worse try mount it higher.
From: D Walford on 10 Jun 2010 04:34
On 10/06/2010 5:52 PM, Scotty wrote: > "Crash Lander"<here(a)there.yeahright> wrote in message > news:lL2dnRZpwc7i6o3RnZ2dnUVZ_tadnZ2d(a)netspace.net.au... > : My series 1 AU decided it wanted to not lock the passenger front door > : any longer. > : Gave it to the mechanic down the road, and he said the actuator needs > : replacing. No worries, told him to do it. All the doors now lock. > : However, everytime you unlock the doors, ALL the door actuators cycle > : 2-3 times, and everytime you open ANY door, ALL the actuators cycle 2-3 > : times. The mechanic has no idea as to why. I called Ford, and they > : asked if the mechanic has done the modification to the body electrics > : module. The mechanic has no idea what that is, and neither do I. Anyone > : have any ideas on how to fix this please? Also, since the actuator was > : replaced, the auto lock function doen't work anymore. (That's when you > : unlock the car but don't open any doors, it's supposed to lock itself > : again after a few minutes.) > : I've taken out all the actuators and inspected the range of movement of > : all the various bits, and they all appear to be working fine. It's got > : me stumped. Hoping someone here can help plase. > : Crash Lander > : > : -- > : > > Id say that the actualtor needs readjusting. This happens when you have it too high or too low from > ideal. > > Its called motorboating and its when you actuate it down it hits the switch and that sends it down > again. As the central lock signal might be for 2 or 3 seconds it stops after a few up/downs. Pull > off the door trim and remount it slightly lower try again and if its worse try mount it higher. > That may be the problem, I remember my son's EF had a similar problem when he first got it, I could get the central locking to work properly by adjusting the position of the actuator but it didn't last long and I found the problem was really caused by wear in the door lock, replaced the door lock and problem fixed. Daryl |