Mondeo Door Locking Problem

Stuart B gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying:

Sounds about right - I'd expect most cars of that age to have deadlocking.

Probably just a sticky solenoid or lock in that door or fractured wiring in that door shut.

mondeos often suffer from stiff external handles, they stay slightly up instead of springing right down, the only cure is a new handle (the internal shaft rusts and grows). Worth checking because if the handle is up the lock probably can't engage, otherwise it might just be a stiff mechanism in the lock itself and would respond to lube etc.

Except that I'm sure I have been able in the past to lock and then unlock them when in the car .Need to find another Mondeo owner to check his .

I'll check that

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Stuart B gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying:

Did you lock yourself in using the inside lock or the remote?

Using the door handle on the drivers door .Now I can lock it using that method but it won't unlock that way .I need to use the fob ...

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I'll check the handle out .WD 40 here we come .!!!

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Stuart B gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying:

Deadlocking shouldn't work on the interior handle. If you think about it, that'd be a great way to find you've locked yourself in inescapably...

I have a 2000 Focus. I assume they use the same CL system, but may be wrong.

In the case of my Focus you need to press the fob key twice (or put the key to unlock, then lock) to get it to deadlock. You can program the fob to deadlock by default, but it does not deadlock using the handle.

You can lock the car from the inside using the switch on the handle; in fact, I think the UM recommends that you do so for your security. You can then unlock it using the same method.

Except that Fords are dodgy in that respect. Mine now tends to lock itself when it's cold and wet. If I lock it from the driver's handle, I can only unlock it from the passenger's handle (or the fob). And also, the interior light no longer switches on when I switch off the engine, I need to open the door.

So, try to see if you can unlock using the passenger internal handle. Re fixing it, I think it's the controller in the door, but I am not too sure.

HTH,

Kostas

I always lock the doors using the inside handle when driving at night on in dodgy areas. Mondeo MkIII by the way. If I have to leave the car with a female passenger in for a while I get her to press the inside deadlock for her safety. I did once deadlock the doors using the remote key, and came back to a torrent of abuse because the alarm had sounded while I was out of earshot!

Tried unlocking using the passenger door inside handle but that didn't work either .:-(

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I thought I'd cracked the problem earlier .I put two new batteries in the key fob,went down to the car and tried the fob a few times and all four interior door handles operated ( the n/s rear door one was causing a problem before ) so I sat in the car and locked the doors a couple or three times and all locked and unlocked BUT then they went back to doing what they did before ...locking but not unlocking ..except by my using the fob to unlock so I'm flummoxed ...I'm thinking it's not much that's causing it !!!

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it may just be the switch that sends the signal to lock (the one inside the door) some dirt in it would be enough to stop it working every time.

Question is which door ? I guess this is a case of removing the door card and having a look....is it then visible or do I need to cut the foam that I believe is under the card ? I'll start with the rear door that seems to have the more obvious problem .

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I would guess that only the front doors will have a switch that will send to the others, it would not be usual to have the rears unlock the front.