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Ford transit 2015 sliding door saying open even when closed

Postby christophergough » Sun Apr 22, 2018 9:38 am

Hi all

My company gave me another van on friday after having numerous on going faults with the mk7 i had, anyway back to the mk8 the sliding door is closed but keeps alarming on the dash once pulled away and when its locked the horn blasts to tell you a door is open, ive tried to have a look but cannot seem to find what signals that the door is open/shut, I've cleaned the 3 metal contact on the pillar and the 3 pins on the door, ive also used wd40 on the door locking mechanism but none have worked. All the doors lock. Also the door all lines up.
Any help would very much be appreciated

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Re: Ford transit 2015 sliding door saying open even when clo

Postby Frag » Sun Apr 22, 2018 1:00 pm

The mk8 and custom have a old school door pin switch,on right hand edge of door opening,
The plunger has a habit of breaking or coming off.

Also the long bolt,that goes through the centre roller / hinge on rear edge of door,has a habit of winding itself out thru opening and closing of the door,
This bolt adjusts the height of the door in frame,usually the catch goes out of alignment with the striker.
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Re: Ford transit 2015 sliding door saying open even when clo

Postby christophergough » Mon Apr 23, 2018 6:32 pm

Frag wrote:The mk8 and custom have a old school door pin switch,on right hand edge of door opening,
The plunger has a habit of breaking or coming off.

Also the long bolt,that goes through the centre roller / hinge on rear edge of door,has a habit of winding itself out thru opening and closing of the door,
This bolt adjusts the height of the door in frame,usually the catch goes out of alignment with the striker.
Hi frag

So I've managed to habe a look today, i took off the rubber stopper on the right hand side at the top but its just a solid piece of rubber that doesnt move, is this the part you meant or is it somewhere else? Ive looked at the runner and doesnt look like its moved at all but didnt want start moving to much of it until i knew where the pluger is

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Re: Ford transit 2015 sliding door saying open even when clo

Postby Frag » Mon Apr 23, 2018 6:56 pm

This is the switch.....
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Re: Ford transit 2015 sliding door saying open even when clo

Postby christophergough » Mon Apr 23, 2018 6:57 pm

Frag wrote:This is the switch.....
Thanks again will have a look again tomorrow

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Re: Ford transit 2015 sliding door saying open even when clo

Postby Frag » Mon Apr 23, 2018 6:58 pm

And this is its location,but pic is a LHD van or OS sliding door,
So mirror image of this...
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Postby christophergough » Mon Apr 23, 2018 7:52 pm

Frag wrote:And this is its location,but pic is a LHD van or OS sliding door,
So mirror image of this...
Thats brilliant dont how i missed it

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Re: Ford transit 2015 sliding door saying open even when clo

Postby christophergough » Mon Apr 23, 2018 8:12 pm

Hi frag

Well i thought id go have a look and well there was no plunger switch, but what i did find is the previous driver had retro fitted it on a rocker switch as you can see in the photo, thanks for all your help again, probably would of never found it.

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Re: Ford transit 2015 sliding door saying open even when clo

Postby Frag » Mon Apr 23, 2018 9:01 pm

Not quite the outcome is was expecting....

So,you can have it set to door open,or closed regardless of position of actual door,
Which means you could leave it in permanently shut position,but won't know if doors left open,
And have no interior lamps if using that door.
Or the fault you have now......
Might have been easier to just fix it.
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