Drivers Door Not Locking

[sparky123]

hi all

just found out that the drivers door does not lock on the centrol locking ie locking from passenger door will not lock or unlock drivers door but when you lock from the drivers door it locks all the doors and unlocks all the doors any help please

cheers anna

[tsjohnson]

hi all

just found out that the drivers door does not lock on the centrol locking ie locking from passenger door will not lock or unlock drivers door but when you lock from the drivers door it locks all the doors and unlocks all the doors any help please

cheers anna

 

 

I will piggyback on this topic if you don`t mind. We had the same problem only the other way around. On our MKI we could not get the passenger side door to lock unless one held the key in the drivers or rear door in the locking direction for about 3-4 seconds. While doing that one could see the handle going to the locking position and then kind of "bouncing back to the unlock position. Again any idea would be appreciated for me as well

[sparky123]

update just done a scan on car coming up with 2 faults, for the locking.

i have no idea what they mean.

 

Friday, 26 February 2010, 16:59:45

 

2 Faults Found:

 

01143 - Central Locking Motors: Driver Door and Tank Valve Unlocked

 

28-00 - Short to B+

 

01142 - Shareware Version. To Decode all DTCs

 

36-00 - Please Register/Activate

 

i have cleared them and they came back after a while

[stuntmanbobo]

It is almost certainly a bad earth in the wiring that goes into the drivers door. Very common, the wires wear where they go through the plastic flexy tube into the drivers door. Easy fix, door panel off and check the continuity of each wire. Usually all the doors lock on the plip except the drivers dooe but you can only lock the drivers door with the key. Hope this helps

[sparky123]

It is almost certainly a bad earth in the wiring that goes into the drivers door. Very common, the wires wear where they go through the plastic flexy tube into the drivers door. Easy fix, door panel off and check the continuity of each wire. Usually all the doors lock on the plip except the drivers dooe but you can only lock the drivers door with the key. Hope this helps

hi thanks for that, had a look how do you get the door panel off. cant see any screws

[wackojackouk]

It is almost certainly a bad earth in the wiring that goes into the drivers door. Very common, the wires wear where they go through the plastic flexy tube into the drivers door. Easy fix, door panel off and check the continuity of each wire. Usually all the doors lock on the plip except the drivers dooe but you can only lock the drivers door with the key. Hope this helps

hi thanks for that, had a look how do you get the door panel off. cant see any screws

 

I had this recently. Was the old frayed/broke wires problem. Paid someone to fix it but if you're any good with a soldering iron can do it yourself. Check out the FAQ's there's stuff there to help you :)

[chrisssteeven]

I have Ford Galaxy 2003 and I had faced this same problem five months ago. I took my car to local garage but they could not solve this problem. Then I called dealer of car and he gave me solution. So first of all check the wires in the rubber bit that goes from the car to the drivers door.broken wiring is a common issue in this problem.

[sparky123]

I have Ford Galaxy 2003 and I had faced this same problem five months ago. I took my car to local garage but they could not solve this problem. Then I called dealer of car and he gave me solution. So first of all check the wires in the rubber bit that goes from the car to the drivers door.broken wiring is a common issue in this problem.

hi unfortunately all wires OK in rubber boot, tested all the wires that went to the lock with a continuity tester. (well hubby did) any thing else i can try before buying new motor

cheers Anna

Edited February 27, 2010 by sparky123