Removal and Installation

WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2006 Mercury Milan, 2006 Lincoln Zephyr, and 2006 Ford Fusion. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.

NOTE: Individual lock cylinders are repaired by discarding the inoperative cylinder and building a new lock cylinder using the appropriate lock repair package. The lock repair package includes a detailed instruction sheet to build the new lock cylinder to the current key code of the vehicle.

Remove the front door latch. For additional information, refer to FRONT DOOR LATCH .
Using a suitable tool press the release button and remove the front door lock cylinder.

Fig 1: Locating Front Door Lock Cylinder Release Button
Courtesy of FORD MOTOR CO.
To install, reverse the removal procedure.