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Cody Wendt · 2004-01-08T15:53:30-06:00

Hello everybody. I know, you're tired of the door lock questions but I have another one for you. Does anybody happen to have a wiring diagram for the door locks on the Excursions? I recently purchased a 2000 Ex Limited and I, too, am having a problem with the door locks. I'm not completely certain that my problem is due to the actuator's though. When I lock or unlock the doors via buttons on the door, the locks click and jump but it isn't very forceful. At least not forceful enough to actually lock or unlock the doors. My first thought was that every actuator was bad but then I started to play a bit. As you know, pushing the 'Unlock' button the remote once simply unlocks the drivers door. Push it again and it unlocks all doors. Well, if I only push the button once for the drivers door, the door unlocks. But if I push it again for the rest of the doors, it's like there isn't enough power there for them all. After a bit more playing, I've found that it almost seems like there's a seperate battery running the door locks. If I'm sitting in the truck, and push the 'Lock' button on the door, they'll thunk fairly loudly but they just don't quite have enough "Ummphh" to actually pull down the locks. With each successive push of the button, the thunk diminishes to the point that they don't even thunk by the fourth or fifth push. Again, almost as if there's a seperate battery with very little juicy left. Therefore, I'm trying to figure out what all is in this circuit. Unfortunately, none of my local auto stores carry a manual for the Excursion yet. Any info anybody could provide would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

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Door Lock Question - AGAIN

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LANDYOT

• Subscriber since 11/23/2003

• Newport News, VA, USA

• Registered on 7/15/2003

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Posted:1/14/2004 19:21

Buy at http://www.fordpartsonline.com/ I buy my stuff locally since my dealer's parts person gives me a decent discount (she's awfully cute, too). Not a flat rate, but enough that they still make money. I've seen some parts discounted 5%, and others more than 50%. It all depends on their cost for each part. Of course, I do buy a lot from them. The large rubber bushings I use on my radius-rod kits are from Ford.

Removing the door panels is the easy part. You'll need to be a contortionist to reach some of those parts inside the door.

Pull the black plastic panels covering the mirror mounting bolts ... pull straight away from the door frame ... held in by clips. Next, carefully pry off the courtesy light lenses ... there's a slot there for a small screwdriver ... I belive on the aft end. Then pry up the forward end of each window switch panel ... again held by a clip ... tilt the forward end up & disconnect the wiring harness from the switches. Behind the lenses and the switch panels are retainer screws ... remove them. Then (and this is the part I love) simply lift the interior panel straight up ... no clips like older designs. MAKE CERTAIN you unplug the courtesy lamp from the door panel BEFORE you pull the panel completely away from the door.

Then the fun begins when you start studying those door latch mechanisms.

edited 1/14/2004 19:26

Cody Wendt

• Omaha, NE, USA

• Registered on 1/7/2004

• 9 posts

Posted:1/15/2004 08:47

EXACTLY as stated above. There's a whopping two screws holding the door panel in place. Gotta love that!

After studying these things for a while, I've learned that it's MUCH easier to just break the old actuator to get it out. It's hard to explain, but it has two 'L' shaped tabs that hold it onto the lock mechanism and keep it in place.

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Doug Cotter

• Albuquerque, NM, USA

• Registered on 1/25/2004

• 1 post

Posted:1/25/2004 16:47

Add me to the list of 2000 X owners with the same problem. I'm going out of town this week and my wife said "I'll take it to the dealer to have them fix it while you're gone". Luckily I told her to hang on while I check it out. Are all the actuators the same part number? Front, rear and gate doors?

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