Door Locking/alarm Weirdness

[stevemac]

Just bought an 08 plate Zetec 2.0 TDI from a car supermarket & new to this site.

When we press the key fob to lock & arm the alarm the indicator lights do not flash as they should (they do when you disarm). Also the red 'i' indicator on the dash flashes once the car is locked.

To be clear the car does lock and we have tested the alarm also, it's just that it should flash so that you know visually it is locked.

Also very occasionally the car has drawn a blank on turning the ignition - next turn it starts

Reading through this forum there does seem to be lots of electrical type faults.

Any ideas?

 

Thanks

[Mirez]

I'm not that clued up on the Mk3 but on mondeos and focus's (foc-i?) if the indicators don't flash on lock then it "thinks" a door is still open - including bonnet and boot. Worth checking each sensor is working correctly.

[Rodders53]

The first press of the key locks the doors. The second press deadlocks them and flashes the indicators.

 

It's all in the manual (well maybe not the bit about the indicators?) but that's how my 'new to me' 2009 works.

 

If only Ford published the manuals online I'd have a downloaded copy to refer to.

[Phillyphatass]

Hi Stevemac, did you get an answer to this. I have a 57 Ghia. The manual says that the indicators flash once on the first press of the key but not on the second (for deadlocking). Ours, like yours, do not flash on the first press, but then they do on the second press.