My boyfriend calls me a liar when I tell him that the doors on my 2000 Mercury Cougar V6 sometimes lock by themselves without me touching them. He says that it isn't possible. I haven't changed anything from the dealer. Help! I am tired of being called a liar. I am intellegent enough to know that I am not dreaming or doing this myself.
2007-03-01 11:32:07 · 7 answers · asked by ? 5 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Car Makes ➔ Mercury
Many Fords (esp Mercury, the upscale "badge engineered" Ford) have auto door locks that close either when you put the car in gear or when you reach a specific speed. I think the idea was if a child was sitting in the passenger seat and accidently pulled the door handle they wouldn't fall out
(would you call that a million dollar solution to a door handle problem? no wonder Ford is going bankrupt!)
If it just started happening, maybe you bought this car second hand and it used to work, stopped working (loose wire or previous owner disconnected the wire) now it has started working again since you bought it.
You might be crazy and just dreaming it, I dunno, *lmao* but I doubt it.
2007-03-01 11:53:49 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Most Ford's from the 1990's on that have power door locks have this feature. When the car is in gear and achieves a speed higher than I believe 3 mph the doors lock. My 2000 Mercury Mountaineer does the same thing. And I'm sorry your boyfriend is an idiot who doesn't know anything about simple mechanics of an automobile.
2007-03-02 04:41:35 · answer #2 · answered by theusaloveitorleaveit 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it's while driving as people have said, this is normal on some carsand is as described by the many posters on here and it's a feature called auto door locks. the owners manual actually tells you how to disable this concern of yours. (your owners manual apparently doesn't say how to disable so my guess is it may not have it)
If it locks while you are away from the car, We have had some issues with key fobs (those remotes) locking the cars or setting the alarms off falsely. a great test would be to let boyfirend take the remote with him to work while you babysit the car.. if the locks don't lock.. the remote is the problem
A short in the wiring (where the door closes) can also cause the doors to lock or unlock at random going down the highway (that will take a mechanic to diagnose)
Oh you don't have the owners manual?
https://web.msslib.dealerconnection.com/RightSite/getcontent/myfile.pdf?DMW_OBJECTID=09000c588000b816
2007-03-04 09:46:25 · answer #3 · answered by gearbox 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most New Edge Cougars (99-02) will lock after a minute or two of the car being started. This will happen whether youre driving or not. It has happened to many people who started their car to heat up then left it alone in the driveway---very inconvient!
2007-03-02 01:07:03 · answer #4 · answered by Showtunes 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
where are you two from the flintstone age. Cars have had auto door locks for over forty years and now its common for most cars like Mercury Cougar's how could he doubt you about something that is common on a lot of cars maybe he is just being a jerk about it to ruffle your feathers.
2007-03-04 18:01:58 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
sure I lock it an stunning style of the time because of the fact I surely have a double coated German shepard canine . in spite of having A/C in my room he is going to open refrigerator & take a seat infron of it .may well be he gets extra cooling effec from it.
2016-10-17 01:32:58 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some do, some don't, and if they do have it you can stop it from locking automatically
2007-03-01 21:21:32 · answer #7 · answered by kayef57 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋