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From: La La Land
If one works and the other does not, it may just be time for an actuator replacement.
Of course, you could always take the inop one apart again and look for something obvious, like no remaining motor brush material.
The way to begin the troubleshooting is to verify current is getting out to the door, and go from there.
As Jim said, if you've got an inop relay, there will be no juice to the actuator.
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Of course, you could always take the inop one apart again and look for something obvious, like no remaining motor brush material.
The way to begin the troubleshooting is to verify current is getting out to the door, and go from there.
As Jim said, if you've got an inop relay, there will be no juice to the actuator.
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From: Norfolk VA
ive got a similar issue. mine click like they want to open close but dont do anything. niether driver or passenger side will open the doors. im just treating like manual locks for now till I correct engine problems. checked fuses but all were fine. they have power and sound like they cycle but dont move the locks. any advice.
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From: Rochdale MA
IIRC it is on the firewall in the vicinity of the radio.
Did they all quit at once or one at a time?
ive got a similar issue. mine click like they want to open close but dont do anything. niether driver or passenger side will open the doors. im just treating like manual locks for now till I correct engine problems. checked fuses but all were fine. they have power and sound like they cycle but dont move the locks. any advice.
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From: La La Land
Try looking under the radio, up on the firewall. There's a bracket with four relays that looks like this:
http://springerpop.net/F350/images/ParkLtRelay.jpg
You're better-off to take the plastic instrument-panel plastic bezel pieces off first to get to them.
BUT.......
Wouldn't you be miles ahead to see if the actuators are getting voltage? It's LOTS easier to take the door panels off to access the wires to them.
BTW, if they sound like they cycle, but don't actually move, it's the thermisters in the actuators and you just need to do the tin-foil mod in this threaad:
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/4...cks-fixed.html
If you do mod the actuators, BE SURE to mark the little motor with a Magic Marker first to insure you put it back together in the correct orientation. Otherwise, the locks work backwards afterwards.
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http://springerpop.net/F350/images/ParkLtRelay.jpg
You're better-off to take the plastic instrument-panel plastic bezel pieces off first to get to them.
BUT.......
Wouldn't you be miles ahead to see if the actuators are getting voltage? It's LOTS easier to take the door panels off to access the wires to them.
BTW, if they sound like they cycle, but don't actually move, it's the thermisters in the actuators and you just need to do the tin-foil mod in this threaad:
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/4...cks-fixed.html
If you do mod the actuators, BE SURE to mark the little motor with a Magic Marker first to insure you put it back together in the correct orientation. Otherwise, the locks work backwards afterwards.
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both pass side seem to stop all at once no clicking seem to have power on one set of wires the other plug has none x
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