2004 Ford F-150: doors won't lock, open or latch

Filed Feb 5, 2022 · KY

Door latch not working. Doors flies open. Frozen or stuck. Doesnt latch all the time very dangerous . Happens parked and while driving

Filed Mar 22, 2020 · 78,500 miles · HI

The door latch of the rear "suicide" door will not open. The latch only moves back and forth, but the latch's cable will not engage. I checked and learned other f-150s has the same problem. Is this a "recall" issue?

Filed Nov 3, 2015 · Body, Wheels · 95,000 miles · FL

Both rear suicide doors will not open, the latch mechanism is broken and apparently cost over $700.00 to fix both. In addition I have replaced the wheel bearing on all wheels twice and now another one is going bad. It seems like I never have a period when all the bearings are good.

Filed Feb 13, 2008 · Body · MI · 1 injury

Finger crushed under drivers door handle. The lever that opens the rear door of the 2004 - f150 while trying to open it from the inside passenger seat. Surgery needed to place tip of finger bone back into place.

Filed Dec 19, 2006 · Locks · 35,000 miles · AZ

I have a 2004 f-150 4x4 4 door. The rear driver door does not open from the inside when unlocked from the inside door lock. It has power locks. Sometimes if you open the door in one swift motion it will open. It will however open halfway, but then stops and you can't get out. I have informed the dealer when it was in on a window problem and they said it would not do it to them, but they made note. Now it won't open if unlocked from the inside, but I have found that if you unlock it with the key pad the door opens most of the time. I have only found this problem from the inside you can open the door from the outside no matter where you unlock it from.

Filed Dec 16, 2006 · Locks · 1,000 miles · IA

This vehicle was purchased new in this condition; on the supercab model of the f150, the rear driver door can be only partially engaged and with the front door latched, the door display light will be extinguished. This will leave the complete driver side door in a compromised condition. Usually not known until driving under highway speed and hearing a wind whistle from the door not being completely closed. I had contacted ford motor co on december 10th of 2004, about this and their suggestion was to take it to original purchase dealer. However the dealer would not make any adjustments, simply telling me that I should make sure the rear door was secure in the full latched position. I even showed the same activity on another vehicle on the lot at that time. For reasons unknown, the passenger side will complete the closing of the rear door if left in the 1/2 latched position and the front door is closed.

Filed Apr 11, 2006 · Locks · 18,000 miles · PA

Dt*: the contact stated the driver side door will not unlock when trying to exit the vehicle. The dealer can not duplicate the problem.

Filed Dec 22, 2005 · Body, Locks · NJ

Dear sir/madam I own a 2004 f150 super cab pickup truck with 4 doors, I am having a problem with the door ajar light. When the rear door is ajar the front door will latch to the rear door, which satisfies the door ajar safety light, but the front and rear door are not safely latched. I am a large man so my seat is as far back as it could go and the back is slightly reclined, when I get in and out of the vehicle my shoulder hits the rear door handle that protrudes into the drivers seat and at times will slightly open the door. I won't realize that I am driving with the door unsafely latched and have no idea that the door is ajar until I hit a bump large enough to rattle the door. My question is, is it safe to drive the vehicle with the front and rear doors ajar and in an ahead on collision will this area be compromised, thus would the crumple zone be affected drastically and would the stability of the vehicle be compromised? Also is it safe in a side collision? I feel that this is a major safety concern and should be addressed immediately. I took the truck in for service at fullerton ford in somerville nj the said that ford said that this is normal and I called ford company they said this is normal and that I had no recourse with them. If I would have known that this was inherent to the f150 super cab I would not have purchased this model, I was told the f150 crew cab has this safety device installed thus the safety problem was addressed in this model but not the super cab. Was this safety concern overlooked or knowingly omitted from the design?

Filed Oct 20, 2005 · Locks · GA · 1 injury

I was opening the back door of an extended cab, ford f150 2004, truck to get out of the back seat. Another person was attempting to open the door for me using the outside handle. The handle caught my hand and severed my middle, ring, finger on my left hand. It cut through my fingernail and the bone. My finger was almost completely severed. It was sewn back on by an emergency room doctor. I've had to see an orthopedic doctor several times for pain and treatment. I am concerned that this door handle would do very severe damage to child's hand. It may severe several fingers of a child; this handle could severe a child's whole hand.