joef Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 Hey Guys, My Focus MK3 Titanium had another car roll down its driveway and smash into the side of my parked car! Has been in the body shop for a few weeks and finally got it back yesterday. Looks great, new front wing / drivers door. Looks brand new. However I've noticed a difference in the keyless entry locking. Prior to going into the body shop, if you tapped on the door handle pad twice the car would double lock. Now, double tapping doesn't make any difference, it only locks once. I thought it might just be the new door, but the passenger door is the same, only one lock. If I use the key fob, it double locks fine, no problem. Just wanted to check if this was a setting or a new software update that might have been applied? (All of my radio presets were gone). Or is it something they've not fitted properly in the wiring. Seems software like if the switch works once.... Anyone else had this experience? Thanks! Joe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Preee Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 Perhaps the locking module has been reset , i'm not sure of any procedure to manually activate it , so i would go to the dealers as they can plug it in and reset it for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexp999 Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 Yeah I would get a dealer to take a look. Was it done by a Ford bodyshop? Usually the only time I can't double lock the car is if I leave a window open or something, so maybe the car thinks not everything is shut so it can't fully engage the alarm system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexp999 Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 Funny thing is that this has just happened to my car and the only thing that has happened is the bad weather. (My car always gets funny about being washed with the keyless system). At the OP, did you get anywhere in resolving this? Guess I'm going to have to follow my own advice and get it looked at. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joef Posted January 21, 2014 Author Share Posted January 21, 2014 Alex, Unfortunately, I had my car back 24 hours, and someone else reversed into it while it was parked! Completely different place it happened, but exact same damage to the car. They failed to stop, police finally caught them though! So it ended up back at the body shop for another new door. I mentioned to them about the double locking issue, and they said they'd make sure it was working this time before it was returned. Was working fine when I got it back! I guess it's a simple reset, or perhaps a sensor issue? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexp999 Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 My car has been in twice now, and still no joy. Seems that if a fault is detected an error is logged and the double locking feature of the keyless system is automatically disabled until that log gets cleared, yours may have been just as a result of the accident. On the first visit the garage cleared the logs and re did some connectors to see if it would help, it worked for a few days then stopped again. Took it in again yesterday, they had it ALL day, carried out a TSB for the locks, dried out the handles and tried to seal them in case it was due to water ingress. Got it home (after they shut) and it was still not working. Can't grumble too much, they cleaned the car up spotless for me for nothing. So now they are having to get hold of Ford engineers, who may want to send someone down to look at the car. I'll be interested to see what the problem is, when it is finally fixed... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jogu Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 On 14 February 2014 at 0:45 PM, alexp999 said: So now they are having to get hold of Ford engineers, who may want to send someone down to look at the car. I'll be interested to see what the problem is, when it is finally fixed... Hi Alex I realise this was a while ago, but did you ever find out what was wrong with your car? My mk3 titanium is doing the same thing (double tapping the door handle pad will not double lock the car) - it's been into the Ford dealers twice now and they've not yet been able to figure out what the problem is. Thanks Joseph Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexp999 Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 Didn't realise I never posted an update to this, oops... It turned out to be water getting in to the electrics for the rear driver's side door. The rubber sleeve which goes between the B pillar and rear door was not fitted properly and was letting water in to a connector, messing with the car's systems. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jogu Posted March 5, 2016 Share Posted March 5, 2016 Awesome, thanks Alex! Will double check that on mine. It is also booked back into the dealer on Wednesday, their next plan is to check for any optional software updates apparently. Sadly it seems even their head technician isn't that familiar with the keyless systems; so far I don't think they're quite 100% convinced that double locking is possible via the keyless sensor! The first time all they did was clean the sensor and told me it was all working (it wasn't...). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jogu Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 Finally the dealer managed to fix mine on the third attempt! They say resetting the configuration did it. No idea why they didn't try that either of the previous times. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schmill Posted July 7, 2023 Share Posted July 7, 2023 On 3/9/2016 at 6:19 PM, jogu said: Finally the dealer managed to fix mine on the third attempt! They say resetting the configuration did it. No idea why they didn't try that either of the previous times. I know that this was a long time ago now, but any idea which configuration they re-wrote? My car has randomly started having the same issue. I do have an elm cable and Forscan so I wondered if it was something I could reload / rewrite myself. Thanks! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sttwoton Posted July 7, 2023 Share Posted July 7, 2023 I had this with both my Focus ST and the wife’s Kuga, on both occasions, it turned out to be the first signs of the battery dying, these cars are very sensitive to even a slightly weak battery, upon changing the battery and resetting the BMS, the locking works as it should again. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schmill Posted July 9, 2023 Share Posted July 9, 2023 On 7/7/2023 at 11:39 PM, sttwoton said: I had this with both my Focus ST and the wife’s Kuga, on both occasions, it turned out to be the first signs of the battery dying, these cars are very sensitive to even a slightly weak battery, upon changing the battery and resetting the BMS, the locking works as it should again. Sadly charged the battery over the weekend, then tried it this afternoon, still only single lock from the keyless door touch, bit double locks when using the buttons on the keyfob 🫤 No error codes logged. How did you reset the BMS? (I don't even know if my 2012 UK focus has one 🤷🏻 ) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjt Posted July 10, 2023 Share Posted July 10, 2023 Your 2012 Mk3 will have a BMS. I reset it on ours as follows: Ign on for 10 secs, press rear foglight switch 5 times, press hazard switch 3 times, wait 10 secs, battery light flashes. Ign off 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sttwoton Posted July 10, 2023 Share Posted July 10, 2023 Did mine with a code reader, just charging the battery may not be enough, if one of the cells is on its way out, a replacement will be necessary, most probably. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schmill Posted July 10, 2023 Share Posted July 10, 2023 37 minutes ago, sttwoton said: Did mine with a code reader, just charging the battery may not be enough, if one of the cells is on its way out, a replacement will be necessary, most probably. battery _seemed_ to be ok, I mean it took the charge and the battery charger reported it as ok, not had any issues with starting etc. either... When you reset your BMS with the code reader, was that a specific action you had to take, or just reading and clearing all the error codes? What seems weird is that the locking all works correctly from the keyfob, and single locking works fine from the keyless door, its just the double-lock (and I think associated setting of the alarm) that won't work from the keyless 😞 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sttwoton Posted July 10, 2023 Share Posted July 10, 2023 My code reader is Ford specific and has a bms reset option, as I said, all your symptoms are exactly what I had on both mine and the wife’s cars, the only thing that cured it on both vehicles, was a new battery. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unofix Posted July 10, 2023 Share Posted July 10, 2023 6 hours ago, Schmill said: What seems weird is that the locking all works correctly from the keyfob, and single locking works fine from the keyless door, its just the double-lock (and I think associated setting of the alarm) that won't work from the keyless I seem to recall there was a TSB software/firmware update of the drivers door module to correct this fault. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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