Transit door lock

force majeure

The course off the Transit has hit me, both drivers and passenger door locks have played up any helpful ideas on dealing with this and dont say drill a set off padlocks on to the doors:rolleyes: as its a nice clean tidy van.
Ta everyone.

Buford T Justice

How exactly have they played up?

Dupont

are the hit and miss to open sometimes? i think the cables or somthing stretch

Slidey

What year of a Transit is it?


The older ones used to give a good bit of trouble with worn keys. Not so much a problem with the newer ones as most of them are on a fob

gofaster_s13

Slidey wrote: »

Not so much a problem with the newer ones as most of them are on a fob

Except for the bonnet which usually needs a lot of fiddleing to get open:mad:

Slidey

gofaster_s13 wrote: »

Except for the bonnet which usually needs a lot of fiddleing to get open:mad:

Stupidiest idea Ford have had in a long time.

It is a total pain in the arse :mad:

force majeure

Fingers McGee wrote: »

How exactly have they played up?

To start with one door well lock but the key well not turn the other way to open it the other door well not lock at all.

force majeure

Slidey wrote: »

What year of a Transit is it?


The older ones used to give a good bit of trouble with worn keys. Not so much a problem with the newer ones as most of them are on a fob

97 reg.

fj1200

You need a new key.

Solnskaya

and that new key needs to be cut to the vehicle's lock code, not copied off the old key. Ford keys wear quite fast and a freshly cut key normally does the job.

force majeure

Thanks guys a new key looks like the way I well be going.

fj1200

You don't need the key code. New key can be cut from the old key and the chip from the old key put in the new one. If the old key is really badly worn ie. won't open anything, if you take out one the barrels a good lock smith can cut the key and then fine tune it with the barrel. That's what the guy I use does and I never have a problem. Cheap too.

Solnskaya

key code is the cutting code, not the chip code, afaik the 97 era transits didnt have a chip, a ford dealer should be able to pull up the key cutting code from the chassis No.

fj1200

They did have a chip and if you don't use the old chip you need to get the chip code from a Ford dealer. My '97 was an English import and dealers here couldn't or wouldn't give me the chip code so used the old chip in a new key.

acier

fj1200 wrote: »

They did have a chip and if you don't use the old chip you need to get the chip code from a Ford dealer. My '97 was an English import and dealers here couldn't or wouldn't give me the chip code so used the old chip in a new key.

Some do, some don't. I have a 97 with no chip. Mine is playing up too, driver's door won't lock with the key. If it is the lock at fault, a new set of locks with a key can be got for €50.

Geezer1000

How would you know if your key had a chip? My 98 tranny key has a washer welded to the shaft but the originsl plastic is still on the keyring

Slidey

You should see a small red square embedded in the plastic beside where the blade of the key originally came out.

Geezer1000

Slidey wrote: »

You should see a small red square embedded in the plastic beside where the blade of the key originally came out.

No chip in mine so