Power Door Lock?
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Tuned
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Power Door Lock?
Greetings,
I just put in 2 new power door lock switches (OEM Ford part). The passenger side works correctly but the driver side is backwards. Lock unlocks the doors and unlock locks the doors? When I got the parts there was only 1 part number for either side.
Any idea what is going on? The switch that was in there works correctly. I simply was replacing them for aesthetic reasons.
Thanks!
Keith
I just put in 2 new power door lock switches (OEM Ford part). The passenger side works correctly but the driver side is backwards. Lock unlocks the doors and unlock locks the doors? When I got the parts there was only 1 part number for either side.
Any idea what is going on? The switch that was in there works correctly. I simply was replacing them for aesthetic reasons.
Thanks!
Keith
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I was going to just reverse the wires but I am so use to hitting lock towards the door. If I reversed the wires, the U and L lettering would be correct but lock would be on the wrong side.
It turns out the swich WAS working correctly but the switch I put in was not labeled for the drivers side.
Thanks again.
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When I was installing my alarm and connecting it to the power door locks, I figured that out too about the reverse polarity.
I don't think I would switch any wires just yet.
I said they mirror each other, but the U and L would be upside down on one if the switch was inverted, so I think there is a L and R specific switch.
I would like to know why everywhere I looked only lists one switch for both sides.
Does the switch you have say what side its for?
I don't think I would switch any wires just yet.
I said they mirror each other, but the U and L would be upside down on one if the switch was inverted, so I think there is a L and R specific switch.
I would like to know why everywhere I looked only lists one switch for both sides.
Does the switch you have say what side its for?
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When I was installing my alarm and connecting it to the power door locks, I figured that out too about the reverse polarity.
I don't think I would switch any wires just yet.
I said they mirror each other, but the U and L would be upside down on one if the switch was inverted, so I think there is a L and R specific switch.
I would like to know why everywhere I looked only lists one switch for both sides.
Does the switch you have say what side its for?
I don't think I would switch any wires just yet.
I said they mirror each other, but the U and L would be upside down on one if the switch was inverted, so I think there is a L and R specific switch.
I would like to know why everywhere I looked only lists one switch for both sides.
Does the switch you have say what side its for?
I also was wondering why everyplace only lists the 1 part for both sides.
These are OEM parts too. LMC had them.
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LMC lists it as 1 part (2 required). That is where I got these. They are Ford parts. I would like to stick with ford parts. The window switches I got from LMC are tiawanese knock offs of inferior quality and don't exactly match.
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