Ford Enthusiast

[kendallcrossman]

Originally Posted by erics

The power door locks on my 2001 Ford Windstar have been slowly dieing. I hit the button to unlock/lock the doors and both front doors' locks move, but not enough to unlock the door. If I keep trying, they move less and less each time. The right rear sliding door makes an obnoxious WHARRRR noise also and sometimes the rear sliding doors won't lock/unlock too.

I searched some other forums and found that it maybe a bad ground. Where can I find the grounds on my van to check them?

I went to NAPA to order new actuators thinking originally that they were bad since that's what the repair shop told us. They wanted over $700 to fix them. NAPA gave me four new ones that fit the sliding doors only and not the front doors. They also required rivets to be attached, which I can't do.

Any other thoughts of what might be wrong?

I have a 99 windstar with about the same problem, the front passengers door would always lock, but would only unlock about 5-10% of the time.
I went to the junkyard and got another actuator and put it in, still didn't cure it, is there something else I can check, or was I just lucky or unlucky enough to have gotten a second one that was bad??
I have done tests with a voltage meter and there is power getting to the plug that goes to the actuator so I don't think it is a power problem.
One more thing I should tell you is that the drivers door is starting to act up now too, and all other doorlocks are working 110%.
THANKS in advance to anyone that can help.