Removal And Installation

WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2008 Mercury Mariner and 2008 Ford Escape. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.

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

Remove the exterior front door handle reinforcement. For additional information, refer to Door Handle Reinforcement - Exterior, Front .
Remove the door lock cylinder.
1. Release the clips.
2. Remove the door lock cylinder.

Fig 1: Identifying Clips And Door Lock Cylinder

Courtesy of FORD MOTOR CO.

To install, reverse the removal procedure.