Ken in KC
New LVC Member
Through the power of Google I find myself here to ask you, the Lincoln experts a question regarding the power locks on my 97 Continental.
Background
Power locks stopped working around the same time as I had to replace my inner tie rods. Rather than chasing down what I thought was simply replacing a fuse myself, I asked the dealer to look at the locks while they were replacing the tie rods.
$20 later the dealer tells me that they "diagnosed" the problem and replaced a fuse. The power locks worked for about 4 days and then quit working.
3 weeks later the car is back at the dealer for another issue and I ask them if they can replace the fuse without charging me $20 for what amounts to a 10¢ part.
They replace the fuse and about 4 days later, the power locks stop working.
I haven't bothered with it for a couple months but it's a PITA and would like to troubleshoot and fix the problem.
More Details
I'm ignorant on how the power locks work on my car. Although the dealer told me they replaced a fuse, I hear a clear clicking noise when I actuate the door locks which seems to indicate that the "fuse" is working but that there's a relay somewhere that's not working.
I can't find a bad fuse in the system.
Conclusion
So I'm asking for help on two issues:
- Where is the location of the fuse/relay that actuates the power locks.
- Any ideas on what's causing the fuse/relay to ground out? Is this a known issue or is this something that I'll need to chase down/figure out as a result of owning a 9 year old car with 100k miles on it?
Before posting I ran a search of the forum and found one similar issue from a 2005 post but the details weren't clear to me. As I indicated earlier, I'm fairly ignorant on this car (and not very smart to boot) so you'll have to explain things slowly to me in order for me to understand them.
Thanks for your help.
Ken
Background
Power locks stopped working around the same time as I had to replace my inner tie rods. Rather than chasing down what I thought was simply replacing a fuse myself, I asked the dealer to look at the locks while they were replacing the tie rods.
$20 later the dealer tells me that they "diagnosed" the problem and replaced a fuse. The power locks worked for about 4 days and then quit working.
3 weeks later the car is back at the dealer for another issue and I ask them if they can replace the fuse without charging me $20 for what amounts to a 10¢ part.
They replace the fuse and about 4 days later, the power locks stop working.
I haven't bothered with it for a couple months but it's a PITA and would like to troubleshoot and fix the problem.
More Details
I'm ignorant on how the power locks work on my car. Although the dealer told me they replaced a fuse, I hear a clear clicking noise when I actuate the door locks which seems to indicate that the "fuse" is working but that there's a relay somewhere that's not working.
I can't find a bad fuse in the system.
Conclusion
So I'm asking for help on two issues:
- Where is the location of the fuse/relay that actuates the power locks.
- Any ideas on what's causing the fuse/relay to ground out? Is this a known issue or is this something that I'll need to chase down/figure out as a result of owning a 9 year old car with 100k miles on it?
Before posting I ran a search of the forum and found one similar issue from a 2005 post but the details weren't clear to me. As I indicated earlier, I'm fairly ignorant on this car (and not very smart to boot) so you'll have to explain things slowly to me in order for me to understand them.
Thanks for your help.
Ken