mike69440

I may fix it myself, but according to the dealer where the truck is waiting for parts, the brackets that hold the cables and actuator got damaged. We really did not force the door, so I am perplexed. we gained entry by the remote start, and let truck run 30 minutes.
I still hate the idea of a dealer tech taking apart a door, especially under the time crunch Ford allows them to work on the warranty stuff.
We special ordered the truck and we very lucky to get a truck with only this issue.
We soaked the latches also. The door only stuck twice, spray sees to help. We were unaware that anything was amiss in the door. Dealer was very unresponsive. We called 4 times to finally get them to give us an appointment, so we used the truck for 2 weeks after the first freeze up. Weather has a lot to do with it. We were keeping truck under cover after first freeze.
They gave us a 2016 Ford Escape while we are waiting for parts, but we have a farm and the F-150 is our only truck.
It's tough not having a truck at your disposal, like going without tractors or equipment.

blderman

I will be the first to report that pulling all the plugs and spraying PB Blaster/WD-40 doesn't work. I did this two weeks ago and everything was working fine but temps weren't all that cold. This week it dropped back down to 21 degrees but it was sunny. Both doors on the sunny side wouldn't work. The truck has 1,900 miles on it but I feel like it's already a 20yr old pile of junk....

KEVININCHICAGO

Just asking:

were all of the plugs pulled?
did you pull the round ones at the door handle also?
when you sprayed the latch, did you undo the 3 screws and move the latch over, then with the straw on the can get in there as best as possible?

The front doors have the oblong plug at the bottom corner, two round ones, one square on just under the door seal and the door handle plug.
The rear have the oblong plug like the front and the round one by the handle.

If the doors started out soaking wet inside, it will take several days to have airflow to get ahead of the moisture. It gets bad when your cables have water in the covers also. I know the frustration, only my 4th season before mine worked right and only after this fix.

blderman

Yes, did everything you listed and I live in a pretty dry climate. Only 10-12" of moisture/yr but we have big temperature swings from day to night. Doors were dry inside when I sprayed the lube.

KEVININCHICAGO

I don't know right now. I am waiting for mine to freeze again and then continue the fight. This has just been my best luck so far compared with what I had in the past. I looked over my 2006 F-150 again last night trying to figure out why that one never freezes. I know the latch and actuator are not the same part and it has the same covers over the handle bolt holes, 2 instead of 1. It has a child latch switch that could vent the door and small holes at the bottom with little square covers partially covering them. I think the fatal flaw is having the lock and latch on the aluminum trucks as one piece now.

Marty300

Had the recall done and thought all was well. Not even freezing out (low 40's) and I cant get in the drivers rear door. Not the outside or inside handle will open the door. Back to the shop next week I guess.

Marty

dgg023

I did half-assed spray job and pulled the plugs but pulling the plugs didn't solve the problem on it's own so I'm not sure that just soaking the latch through screws and the area exposed by sliding it over isn't actually the real fix. A couple of questions:

1- Did you perform the full soaking of the latch with whatever and continue to have a problem that led you to remove the plugs or were both solution attempts shotgunned at the same time?

2- If you did both did you try putting the plugs back in and then experience any latching issues after doing so?

3- Have you washed your car and tried opening the doors on a sub-freezing night (perferably the same day)? This seems like the best acid test for any kind of fix - Ford's or otherwise.

Thanks for the info!

duber3

It seems that just spaying the latch from the side door's plugs are working for some but not for me, I had to remove the door's trim(really easy t
akes 5minutes), remove the latch, dry it and sprayed it with fluid film in the red circle, this is where the mechanism freeze when the door doesn't latch, since I washed the truck several time, at very low temp(-24c)
two days ago we had lots and lots of rains and in a couple of hours the temp dropped to -10c, everything is working,
FYI, I didn't remove any plugs or invert the elbow one, I'm not convinced that removing the plug give enough airflow to keep the doors dry(some say it's working).
For me it's a solved case and this will be my last post on this subject, everything I did is in this thread, it's up to you(or anyone else) to believe me or not
Enjoy your truck

2AF150GA

Had some frost here in Northern GA today (right at 29 degrees this morning )and all doors functioning. Wasn't quite as cold as the last time but pretty dang close. Might be too soon to tell if Ford's fix has 100% worked for me or not but I'm more hopeful now than I was yesterday.

F150CMH