2000 excursion electric door locks failing
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2000 excursion electric door locks failing
My door locks are all starting to fail. Started with tail gate then rear doors and now front. they work intermitently once in a blue moon but never all of them.
Have read in other forums the actuators are failing (thermal fuse). Anyone had this degree of failure??
If so I would like to complain to Ford..
KAKER SOUTH BEND, IN
Have read in other forums the actuators are failing (thermal fuse). Anyone had this degree of failure??
If so I would like to complain to Ford..
KAKER SOUTH BEND, IN
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This is a well known issue with early Superduty and Excursions. Do a search for door lock actuators and you'll find posts from users including me. I replaced the four doors with the new revised units. My tailgate just started failing, so I'll do it soon. Actuators are $30-40 each and there's instructions in the forums for replacement. It cost several hundred dollars to have the dealer do it.
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Joe
Regards,
Joe
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Oh by the way, I don't know what you refer to related to a thermal fuse. The door lock actuators are mechanical devices with motors inside. The motor gets weak or fails, especially if the vehicle is in a high temp. climate.
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Kaker,
This must relate to some other issue. I took one of mine apart. There's just mechanical parts and a motor. Understand the unit still tries to work (you can hear it), but it doesn't have enough strength to drive the lock assembly.
This must relate to some other issue. I took one of mine apart. There's just mechanical parts and a motor. Understand the unit still tries to work (you can hear it), but it doesn't have enough strength to drive the lock assembly.
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When I found my 2000 X at the dealer, he was in the process of replacing all the door lock actuators on the truck. Every one had failed.
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relays 3 for door locks
Does anyone know where the 3 relays for the door locks are located. Also where the groung point is for same??
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I've now replaced all the actuators in my '99 SD. Dealer wanted $100 labor plus $40 for the part. So I bought the part and did them myself (one at a time as they went out - would have been easier to do them all at once while the procedure was fresh in my mind, but nice to spread out the cost). There is a great article in the tech pages on how to do this.
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relays & actuators
The relays are on the firewall inside a plastic cover. They are straight ahead of the heater / radio gap. Releasing the cover can be tricky. replaced all three as a precautionary item $4.00 ea but it didn't make a differance.
Have replaced tail glass and rear doors so far and they are now working fine. Will do the front doors monday.
Other than removing the door panels it is easiest to remove the outside door handle assy's and release them and slide out vs. removing the latch as the ford manueal suggests. Helps to have an extra set of hands / eyes.
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Have replaced tail glass and rear doors so far and they are now working fine. Will do the front doors monday.
Other than removing the door panels it is easiest to remove the outside door handle assy's and release them and slide out vs. removing the latch as the ford manueal suggests. Helps to have an extra set of hands / eyes.
kaker
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