2000 Ford F-150: doors won't lock, open or latch

Filed Nov 1, 2026 · Brakes, Electrical · MO

Truck was shut down while driving. I was unable to apply brakes in a safe manner, truck was hard to stop and steering wheel was impossible to turn. Something in the steering wheel column ALWAYS breaks on Ford F150 model trucks. There are 3 F150's in my family right now and ALL 3 have had the same exact problems. Something in the electrical system makes the batteries go bad prematurely. The air conditioner compressors and the dryers all go bad prematurely. The door locks on ALL Ford models break and doors cannot be opened. The gear shifters will not go all the way into park and vehicle rolls posing a danger to anyone standing nearby. I nearly got run over by this Ford F150 slipping out of gear and rolling backward, had there not been a planter with plants in between me and the truck I would have been run over by my own truck and DEAD! There AbSoLuTeLy DOES NOT need to be a KILL SWITCH installed on ANY vehicle, as it endangers all drivers and all passengers in the vehicle, as well as poses a danger to any surrounding motorists!!!!!! This is EXTREMELY DANGEROUS for an elderly driver or inexperienced driver!! Maybe before FORD installs a kill switch, they need to correct the JUNK they have been making for years (YEAR AFTER YEAR)!!!! ALL of theses issues have occurred in 6 FORD model vehicles, ranging from 1999 - 2013, to include a 2013 Ford Taurus, 2000 Ford F150, 1999 Ford F150, 2000, Ford F150 Lariat, 2006 Ford 500, 2010 Lincoln MKX. My 76 year old Mother has a friend her age that has a Mercury Sable (Ford 500 Style) that has had the same problems as well. I also spoke with a man at Auto Zone last Sunday, with a Ford Taurus, same problems.

Filed Dec 31, 2010 · Body · 50,000 miles · FL

Driver's side rear door quit working about 1 1/2 years ago, now the passenger side rear door won't open either.

Filed Apr 6, 2006 · Locks · 147,379 miles · AL

Dt*: the contact stated the door locks failed to operate normally using the key fob. The locks must be manually opened or closed. The vehicle was inspected by an independent mechanic who determined the actuator needed to be replaced. The contact made several attempts to purchase a used actuator from local junk yards without success.

Filed Oct 27, 2005 · Lights, Locks · 6,500 miles · MO

When steering wheel is not all the way up the turn signals, hazard lights, and the brake lights do not work. I have taken it to the dealership and they state that there is a clip in the steering column that is broke. This all happened 2 months after I bought the truck and they will not fix it due to there being no warranty. At the same time the keyless entry stopped working as well as the automatic door locks. They stated that this was because the motor in both doors had went out. Seems odd to me that they would both go at the same time.

Filed Jul 9, 2005 · Electrical · 89,000 miles · WA

While drivng to work odmeter digital mileage display fads out along with digital dispaly on radio. Power side view mirrors no longer work on both side. Nor does the power door locks. Have not take in yet for repairs. Awaiting response from ford dealership.

Filed Feb 18, 2005 · Locks · MO

Electric door locks lock by themselves with or without the key in the ignition. If locked, cannot be unlocked by pulling up on the unlock stem.

Filed Apr 1, 2004 · Body · 25,900 miles · KS

I own a 2000 f150 supercab and the doors are having the popular crack next to the window above the door handle. I have a friend who owns a '97 and both of his doors are doing the same thing. If these cracks continue all the way across the door frame the door will fall apart and will provide no protection in an accident. The local body shop owner has fixed several of the '97 to '02 f150 supercabs. This is obviously a flaw in the design and/or engineering.

Filed Feb 22, 2004 · Visibility · 34,562 miles · TX

Windshield wipers, radio, door locks and air conditioning started acting erratically after a heavy rain. Even after turning vehicle off and removing the key, the problems persisted. We had just purchased this truck from goodson acura of irving, tx and had it towed to payton wright ford in grapevine, texas due to warranty requirements. The service manager informed us that generic electronic module had been damaged due to windshield leak. A carfax report indicated that truck had not been reported to have any accidents. The manufactured windshield was not covered in our warranty and it seems we have no recourse but to pay over $1200.00 to ford to fix this since there does not seem to be a market for generic electronic modules. This is a very dangerous problem with this vehicle and we do not have the money to fix it at this time, so we are left with a dangerous vehicle that could have injured us or others had we not been near our home at the time of occurrence. After researching this generic electronic module, I have found that there have been some recalls on other ford vehicles made in 1996-2001. Many customers have had same complaint of windshield defect leading to corrosion of fuse system and modules. I would like to register this complaint because ford offers no solution to this problem when I believe that they are well aware of this defect. *another thing we noticed was that the carfax report indicated that vehicle had 31,000 miles on it in july of 2003; however, when we purchased vehicle the mileage was different listed at 30,933. The carfax report was given to us by dealership and I am looking into this discrepancy currently.

Filed Feb 21, 2001 · Locks · PA · 1 injury

While exiting the left back door of vehicle, consumer's pant leg caught on the bottom door latch located just below the back floorboard, consumer fell to floor with pant leg still caught on hoop of floorboard, consumer was wearing properly fitted clothes and sustained major injuries to the leg where a cast has been worn for 12 weeks, consumer may not have a 100% recovery.