My battery died in my keyless entry remote. I replaced the battery but then the remote wouldn't work. I followed the owners manual and reprogrammed the remote. It then worked. At some point after this, my unlock buttons on my doors don't work anymore. The doors will lock and unlock with the remote and the keypad on the outside of the door. With the buttons on the inside of the doors I can lock the doors but can't unlock them. The owners manual says if this happens see "Interior power door unlock disable feature in the Remote Entry section in this chapter". I see nothing in my manual about the interior power door unlock disable feature. How do I get this back to working like it was? Please help.

 

Is this for the 2004 Sport Trac of your signature file? I don't find anything in the owner's manual for "Interior power door unlock disable feature in the Remote Entry section in this chapter" nor have I ever heard of such a feature. I'm intrigued.

-Rod

 

It is for my 2004 Sport Trac. I went to ford's website and they have three printings of the owners manual. This quote "Interior power door unlock disable feature in the Remote Entry section in this chapter" only appears in the first printing. All I know is that my buttons on my door handles used to work to unlock my doors until my remote battery died and I replaced it. Then all of a sudden the only way for me to unlock my doors is with the remote or the keypad on the outside. It sucks.

 

Interesting, and that would suck. Hopefully someone here is aware of this issue and offers you a solution. Sorry I couldn't be of help.

-Rod

 

I'm guessing that it has something to do with the passive anti-theft system. In my manual for the 03 Mountaineer it says that when the alrm is set that it disables all the buttons. You may want to try reprogramming it again and see if that cures it. I wish I could figure out how to make all my doors auto unlock as its a pain having to do it manually every time you want to get in another door. Good luck on it.