Intermittently door locks open and close automatically. Dealer has inspected vehicle, and could not solve problem. Manufacturer has been notified.
1996 Mercury Villager body complaints
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Consumer state while traveling vehicle sliding door become unlock. Door indication light come on. Please provde further informatin.
The doors will lock automatically with the key in the ignition or not. We had a baby in the car and the doors automatically locked. This has been a problem since 35,000 miles recently ford told us their was a recommend fix - service message 11243 because of numerous complaints but it is not a recall. As a safety professional I think this is outrageous - potential entrapment of small children without adequate escape mechanism ( not breaking the window) is a concern.
Vehicles power door locks will activate and lock doors on its own. The doors have locked with children in car and when no one was in car.mainly does it when the drivers door has just been shut.
My mercury villager has a problem in which the sliding passenger door pops open if I hit a bump in the road. This occurs even if the doors are locked.
While traveling 75mph vehicle made grave noises & then died out. Maneuvered to side of road. Could not check engine oil due to dip stick not removable. Towed to mechanic & informed consumer tha t under hood froze up due to lack of lubrication.
The rear side door unlatches when going down the road. It doesn't unlatch all the way. The dealer has tried to adjust the door, but it still happens. We do not have to hit a bump for it to unlatch. They are going to put on a new door latch.
Automatic door locks are working intermittently. Consumer's child was locked in the vehicle, and they couldn't get the child out.
All doors automatically lock on their own. Cannot get in or out unless key is used. Also would beep & honk on its own. The air bag light would also come on. Had taken to dealer & mechanic can not repair problem.
Driving down the road at approximately 15mph engine stalls. Also when opening passenger's side door something triggers inside the lock mechanism, which causes the door to automatically lock.
Electronic door locks malfunctioned when closing the door. After installing css and coming to the driver's door, all the door locks were in locked position with the children inside. Common problem. Dealer said that the seams were not adequately closed around the door locks, causing water to enter, and resulting in a short circuit. A tsb bulletin was issued on this reoccurring problem. Dealer improved the seal and problem still occurs.
While parked on an incline sliding door came down, causing injuries to occupant coming in or out of vehicle. Please provide further information.
The doors would automatically lock on their own after getting in or out of vehicle. There is no remote lock release. Happened at least 7 different times. Manufacturer admits a problem exists, but does not know how to correct it.
Power door lock is locking by itself,causing the consumer to be trapped within vehicle or locked outside vehicle. Dealer needs to replace door lock switch in door and a part within panel to correct defect.
Power windows failed causing jamming.
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