Transit Van Side Door Not Locking

This happened on a 10 plate transit last year more than once.

Transit van side door not locking. A great handyman site that specifies the above probable causes and more is the following link. I have a problem with my lwb ford transit 350 i can open the drivers door with key i can t open the passager door i can only open and lock the sliding manually i can t access the back doors from inside or open it. Try opening the rear door driver side and operate the inside handle. If not if its the same then there is usually a sticking sometimes faulty lock mechanism on the van.

The cause of the fault is becoming a coming concern on the transit and the tr. The first thing to check is to make sure that any side door roller hasn t collapsed it is usually the middle roller that goes this results in the door dropping enough so that the contact pins for the locking motor that connect the wiring from the body to the door don t align any more. But this prevents it from been opened from outside. I have two fob but none worked if i try to open the back doors or reset the central locking by turning the the key on off 8 times in 10.

The only way is to lock it from the inside using the knob on the door. All doors are closed though. Aside from the fuses your drive side power door lock may be failing to work because of a bad door lock relay system or alternatively the locking switch button itself is not malfunctioning and in need of replacement. How to get into a transit when the key will not work.

Im depressed transit van gonna cost me a marriage if i m not careful. Sometimes when you press the unlock button on the keyfob to unlock the rear of the van only the back doors unlock. Ford transit central locking problem. Then lock it all up as normal.

The side door stays locked. What happens is when it receives the lock signal because one of the locks wont fully lock as above it then kicks the locks open again as the system thinks there is a door not fully closed etc. The rear doors have a button of their own the side door wont lock or unlock using any of the buttons.