2003 Ford F-150: doors won't lock, open or latch

Filed Jul 11, 2018 · Body · 46,000 miles · NC

Tl* the contact owns a 2003 ford f-150. While the vehicle was stationary, the rear driver's side door would not open when prompted. Cloninger ford (511 jake alexander blvd s, salisbury, north carolina 28147) was made aware of the failure and stated that there was no recall on the vehicle. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 46,000. *tt

Filed Apr 29, 2017 · Body · 94,000 miles · SC

Both rear door latches have failed to operate. Cannot open either rear door. This happened in the parking lot where I live. I am handy caped and cannot get access to my rolater which in the back seat area. I need this equipment to help me walk. Has there been other reports of this malfunction? Is this a recall item? Will ford mfg repair this defect?

Filed Jun 27, 2016 · Seat belts · 60,000 miles · TX

Seat belt wont lock most times. Has been like this for over 10 years. Both back doors wont open. If truck catches fire you wont be able to get out. Doors opened then one day the were stuck, this is a hazerd if you are sitting in the back and need to get out fast.

Filed Oct 21, 2015 · Body · 79,280 miles · FL

Purchased vehicle in7/2003. Rear small door (so called "suicide door") on passenger side broke in 11/2012. Would not open or close from inside or outside. Had two latches replaced at walker ford in clearwater, fl also in 11/2012 at a cost of $615.59. Same door broke again in 9/2015. Took truck back to walker ford . They offered to repair it again for about $500 and stated the latches they replaced in 11/2012 had "deteriorated from non-use"!. I declined the repair offer as it is clear to me that the latches are inadequate and/or of defected manufacture. It is my position that these rear door latch problems are a huge safety issue if there is a situation of water immersion, fire, smoke, fumes, etc. In such an event, any rear seat passenger would be trapped. I am asking you to consider an immediate recall to replace these latches.

Filed Dec 30, 2010 · Electrical, Lights · 75,000 miles · KY

My ford f150 super crew has a recurring problem in that it continuously blows a certain 5 amp fuse. This fuse disables the automatic lights, the automatic door locks and the overdrive system. I took the truck to the local ford dealership. They replaced the fuse and charged me $52.50. They did not fix anything. I found an identical complaint on your website from nov 30, 2008.

Filed Nov 7, 2007 · Electrical, Lights · 7,200 miles · MI

Recently, the headlights, fog lights, dash lights, auto light functions, door locks, exc., all began perform erratically; including the dash lights going out while driving at night! The next day I went great lakes ford in ludington, mi. As soon as I mentioned one of the symptoms, the tech immediately knew the problem: he told me that the oem adhesive on the windshield had failed causing water to leak down behind the dash and directly onto the gem module and fuse panel. He said he has seen this problem over and over with this year f150 and had probably fixed more than 100 over the last year or two. The local windshield shop, duneside auto glass; the owner told me that they have done more than 25 windshields this year at great lakes ford for this exact same problem. I check the ford websites and also found that there is a tsb listed for this problem. The cost of the repair was $1200 which included $500 in parts for the box asy, module and new light switch,$351 in labor and $325 for a new windshield plus taxes. How can there not be a recall for this? If the problem is that prevalent at a northwestern michigan ford dealer, it has to be everywhere else in the country.

Filed May 31, 2004 · Body · PA

I purchased a left over 2003 ford f-150 pickup truck at condit ford in newton, new jersey. I picked up the vehicle on friday evening may 28, 2004 on sunday morning at 8:00 when I bent down to pick up a piece of paper in my driveway I noticed that the under side of the rear bumper is rusted from several scratches, I walked around the truck and noticed several paint and body defects as follows: rear bumper has several scratches and rust, tow hook is rusted, the left rear fender has cracked/rippled fiberglass in the section that is near the bumper, the left door has raised paint blemish and dent, the right door on the inside by the door latch is missing paint, the right rear cab door is defective - it bows out on the bottom of the door. When I called the dealership the sales manager stated that I must have caused the damage. I mentioned that who crawls under a new truck to see if the bumper is damaged and rusted and that with an all white truck it is more difficult to immediately detect damages. And that when a consumer buys a new vehicle it is expected that the new vehicle is new and not damaged.

Filed Mar 11, 2004 · Electrical, Lights · 15,000 miles · CA

Consumer complained about an electrical system problem. Inside lights would not go out once the door was closed. Alarm system did not work, and side reflector lights did not come on. The door ajar light stayed on. *ak door ajar light stayed on for about 20 to 25 minutes before they go off. Doors won't lock when they're supposed to. Dealer said that they can't locate the problem with inside lights. However, dealer made repair on horn and replaced fuse for alarm horn.