[5greenmonkies]

I am having the same problem on my 2001 Windstar with the actuators but I question that four have gone bad at the same time. Both front doors and both sliding doors work intermittently, at best. I installed a new actuator as outlined in this thread, starting with the passenger door, but this one is not functioning when supporting the existing lock rod, or even by itself.

On my van I have 4 wires running to the lock motor (red, blue, black, and yellow/green) and the new actuator has two wires (blue and green). I attached the new actuator green to the existing red wire, and the new actuator blue to the existing yellow/green. I just tested these for current by activating the lock/unlock button and checking for current with my volt meter. Both connections showed current when I hit the lock, neither connection showed current when I hit the unlock. I also cut into the insulation on the red and black wires but and neither of those showed current while locking or unlocking.

Now, up to this point I failed to check the locks with the keyless remote. Interesting find when I used it. I tried unlocking the doors and with the first push the interior lights came on the driver's door tried to unlock, the second push caused the rest of the doors to try and unlock, and for kicks-n-grins I pushed it a third time and all locks tried to unlock along with the horn giving a short burst. The horn blew over and over with subsequent attempts to unlock until I locked the doors. Then, the process started all over as I noted.

Thoughts?