by FrustratedMe » Sat Aug 11, 2018 2:35 am
Update:
Shortly after posting, I decided "I can't leave this here, unlocked on the street all night"
So I had dinner, a cup of coffee, & drove a couple of hours to my rural home to the comfortable security of isolation, big fences & dogs. As soon as I unloaded the vehicle, I tried the lock, and it worked. After some internal swearing, I tried the lock several times & I was beeped at several times.
So I went to bed.
This morning, I called the local ford dealer.
He suggested it could have something to do with the actuator, suggesting I remove and replace the battery, incase of a bad connection. He then quoted the part price being somewhere in the 150-300 dollar mark.
This prompted some more internal swearing.
I was also more than a little disturbed when he suggested giving the door a solid kick if that failed.
So I unscrewed all the screws on the interior lining of the passenger door, hoping to have a look at what was wrong. Then I couldn't figure out how to remove it, as there was still something keeping the lining firmly attached.
So I went away, had some tea, came back, sprayed some WD40 into both the locking mechanism & inside the interior handle, went away again, had a bikkie, came back, tried the lock, and it worked.
I unlock & lock half a dozen times, and it worked.
I'm about to head outside again and have another go at it. I'll take a squiz at the engine plate & come back with the model and year