Power lock switches don't light up - The Ford Focus Forum

**CaysE** · 05-24-2006, 10:06 AM

Is this normal? I never bothered to wonder about it until I started researching changing to colored LEDs. These are supposed to light up, right? Driver and passenger side are unlit at the moment.

**Silfox** · 05-24-2006, 10:17 AM

http://www.mscreations.net/focus/howto/

**CaysE** · 05-24-2006, 10:41 AM

Thanks!

**2focusd** · 05-24-2006, 01:33 PM

I've never delved into that in my ZX3 since I have crank windows coupled with the factory power locks, maybe I'll give it a try someday

-Brian

**Silfox** · 05-24-2006, 01:35 PM

The plug for the windows might be there.

**2focusd** · 05-24-2006, 01:38 PM

I'll have to look when I redo my door panel inserts

-Brian

**LornesBored** · 05-24-2006, 02:58 PM

hopefully we do, I want to do this mod too.

if not, just run the power wire into another powersource

**Westermlstr61** · 05-27-2006, 11:39 PM

since ford didnt do it, there must be a reason to why. it makes no sense for them to just leave it out...
Does anyone know why or if anything bad could happen if i did go through with this mod??

**spots25** · 05-28-2006, 12:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Westermlstr61

since ford didnt do it, there must be a reason to why. it makes no sense for them to just leave it out...
Does anyone know why or if anything bad could happen if i did go through with this mod??

maybe they found it distracting due to the locations in the Focus, but were using off the shelf power lock switches that already had leds in them.

**Westermlstr61** · 05-28-2006, 02:05 AM

so no one has had any problems with this mod??
if thats the case... im doin it

**CaysE** · 05-28-2006, 10:37 AM

I imagine they didn't do it because there's little need to use the lock/unlock switch. The door unlocks when you open it from the inside.

**Westermlstr61** · 05-28-2006, 01:23 PM

does anyone know if this mod will affect the warranty?

**LornesBored** · 05-28-2006, 07:36 PM

it shouldnt^^

unless it fries your CPU somehow.. or blows the motor somehow. Auto manufacturers are only allowed to void warranties on certain fixes if you added something that DIRECTLY caused the problem.

say your motor fries because you installed cam gears then tuned them wrong, not their fault, so warranty voided.

By the way, to answer this original question:

Foci with remote locks but not power windows DO NOT have the harness required to do this, I checked it out today and it does not exist, so we can not do this mod (unless you hook those wires to a + and - source somewhere else)

**zx360** · 05-28-2006, 08:53 PM

where do you get power to these wires? like do you splice them with another wire or what?

**focusonfocus** · 05-28-2006, 10:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zx360

where do you get power to these wires? like do you splice them with another wire or what?

are you seriously asking??

Quote:

Originally Posted by Silfox

http://www.mscreations.net/focus/howto

This was posted on #2.

**zx360** · 05-28-2006, 11:55 PM

umm yeah, im not a wiring guru so i asked forgive me...

**LornesBored** · 05-28-2006, 11:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by focusonfocus

are you seriously asking??

This was posted on #2.

I think he is trying to get at that he doesnt have power windows, and still is going to try and get them to work.

if you want an easy arse answer, use the + and - battery terminals

**focusonfocus** · 05-29-2006, 12:19 AM

oh didn;t know

my apology

**screwdiver** · 05-29-2006, 04:14 AM

I think it inherited wiring from euro foci that don't have a separate lock switch, but rather the moving switch like the one that exists on the NA focus acts as the lock/unlock switch and that is not illumiated on the european focus.

**LornesBored** · 05-29-2006, 12:33 PM

I think the focus inheirited a lot of things from the euro focus

**CaysE** · 05-29-2006, 10:56 PM

Does anyone know if the hatch release switch and/or the mirror switches can be made to light up, too?

**secondechomatt** · 05-29-2006, 11:14 PM

Thats great! I just thought I did something wrong. I put blue LEDs in a long time ago, and those never worked....now I know!

**focusonfocus** · 05-30-2006, 12:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CaysE

Does anyone know if the hatch release switch and/or the mirror switches can be made to light up, too?

no there is no led behind hatch release button and mirror button.
and there is no space to run power wire and run led..smd led might work if do midificatio nto the button..but it is not worth doing it..

**sonicblu3zx3** · 05-31-2006, 03:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CaysE

Does anyone know if the hatch release switch and/or the mirror switches can be made to light up, too?

Those are painted on I believe, so no.

**Silfox** · 05-31-2006, 04:34 PM

Yes they are.

05-24-2006, 10:06 AM	#1 (permalink)
CaysE EDM Specialist Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Bloomfield, NJ Posts: 10,765	Power lock switches don't light up Is this normal? I never bothered to wonder about it until I started researching changing to colored LEDs. These are supposed to light up, right? Driver and passenger side are unlit at the moment. __________________ 2002 Liquid Grey ZX3 ··· SVT replica-in-progress 2003 Vermilion Red SVTf ··· ported JRSC BBK, ported head, 3" exhaust, Euro interior, more to come! strictly/focused • team edm

05-24-2006, 10:17 AM	#2 (permalink)
Silfox [FJ] Specialist Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Austin, TX 78729 Posts: 7,656	Re: Power lock switches don't light up http://www.mscreations.net/focus/howto/

05-24-2006, 10:41 AM	#3 (permalink)
CaysE EDM Specialist Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Bloomfield, NJ Posts: 10,765	Re: Power lock switches don't light up Thanks! __________________ 2002 Liquid Grey ZX3 ··· SVT replica-in-progress 2003 Vermilion Red SVTf ··· ported JRSC BBK, ported head, 3" exhaust, Euro interior, more to come! strictly/focused • team edm

05-24-2006, 01:33 PM	#4 (permalink)
2focusd [FJ] Addict Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Uniontown, PA Posts: 15,364	Re: Power lock switches don't light up I've never delved into that in my ZX3 since I have crank windows coupled with the factory power locks, maybe I'll give it a try someday -Brian __________________ Godspeed, Colin McRae, may you live on forever as the reason countless people fell in love with the Ford Focus (myself included). 1968-2007 '08 Carbon Grey Metallic Hyundai Tuscani GT V6 Early '00 ZX3 - E-spec in progress (Rattletrap) - Gone but not forgotten!

05-24-2006, 01:35 PM	#5 (permalink)
Silfox [FJ] Specialist Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Austin, TX 78729 Posts: 7,656	Re: Power lock switches don't light up The plug for the windows might be there.

05-24-2006, 01:38 PM	#6 (permalink)
2focusd [FJ] Addict Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Uniontown, PA Posts: 15,364	Re: Power lock switches don't light up I'll have to look when I redo my door panel inserts -Brian __________________ Godspeed, Colin McRae, may you live on forever as the reason countless people fell in love with the Ford Focus (myself included). 1968-2007 '08 Carbon Grey Metallic Hyundai Tuscani GT V6 Early '00 ZX3 - E-spec in progress (Rattletrap) - Gone but not forgotten!

05-24-2006, 02:58 PM	#7 (permalink)
LornesBored [FJ] Special Ed. Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: West Van, BC, Canada Posts: 9,192	Re: Power lock switches don't light up hopefully we do, I want to do this mod too. if not, just run the power wire into another powersource

05-27-2006, 11:39 PM	#8 (permalink)
Westermlstr61 Junior Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 63	Re: Power lock switches don't light up since ford didnt do it, there must be a reason to why. it makes no sense for them to just leave it out... Does anyone know why or if anything bad could happen if i did go through with this mod??

05-28-2006, 02:05 AM	#10 (permalink)
Westermlstr61 Junior Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 63	Re: Power lock switches don't light up so no one has had any problems with this mod?? if thats the case... im doin it

05-28-2006, 10:37 AM	#11 (permalink)
CaysE EDM Specialist Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Bloomfield, NJ Posts: 10,765	Re: Power lock switches don't light up I imagine they didn't do it because there's little need to use the lock/unlock switch. The door unlocks when you open it from the inside. __________________ 2002 Liquid Grey ZX3 ··· SVT replica-in-progress 2003 Vermilion Red SVTf ··· ported JRSC BBK, ported head, 3" exhaust, Euro interior, more to come! strictly/focused • team edm

05-28-2006, 01:23 PM	#12 (permalink)
Westermlstr61 Junior Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 63	Re: Power lock switches don't light up does anyone know if this mod will affect the warranty?

05-28-2006, 07:36 PM	#13 (permalink)
LornesBored [FJ] Special Ed. Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: West Van, BC, Canada Posts: 9,192	Re: Power lock switches don't light up it shouldnt^^ unless it fries your CPU somehow.. or blows the motor somehow. Auto manufacturers are only allowed to void warranties on certain fixes if you added something that DIRECTLY caused the problem. say your motor fries because you installed cam gears then tuned them wrong, not their fault, so warranty voided. By the way, to answer this original question: Foci with remote locks but not power windows DO NOT have the harness required to do this, I checked it out today and it does not exist, so we can not do this mod (unless you hook those wires to a + and - source somewhere else)

05-28-2006, 08:53 PM	#14 (permalink)
zx360 TEAM Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Clayton, WI Posts: 687	Re: Power lock switches don't light up where do you get power to these wires? like do you splice them with another wire or what? __________________ FocusNation FocusRevolution

05-28-2006, 11:55 PM	#16 (permalink)
zx360 TEAM Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Clayton, WI Posts: 687	Re: Power lock switches don't light up umm yeah, im not a wiring guru so i asked forgive me... __________________ FocusNation FocusRevolution

05-29-2006, 12:19 AM	#18 (permalink)
focusonfocus Senior TEAM Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: toronto, on Posts: 4,176	Re: Power lock switches don't light up oh didn;t know my apology __________________ Advanced MECP certified mobile installer 2000 Kona Dirt. www.cardomain.com/id/focusonfocus

05-29-2006, 04:14 AM	#19 (permalink)
screwdiver Senior TEAM Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Kunia, HI Posts: 1,505	Re: Power lock switches don't light up I think it inherited wiring from euro foci that don't have a separate lock switch, but rather the moving switch like the one that exists on the NA focus acts as the lock/unlock switch and that is not illumiated on the european focus. __________________ Recon = bad. Ford Focus Hawaii 2003 Black ZX5 Mods: HID, LiveWires, Dirt

05-29-2006, 12:33 PM	#20 (permalink)
LornesBored [FJ] Special Ed. Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: West Van, BC, Canada Posts: 9,192	Re: Power lock switches don't light up I think the focus inheirited a lot of things from the euro focus

05-29-2006, 10:56 PM	#21 (permalink)
CaysE EDM Specialist Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Bloomfield, NJ Posts: 10,765	Re: Power lock switches don't light up Does anyone know if the hatch release switch and/or the mirror switches can be made to light up, too? __________________ 2002 Liquid Grey ZX3 ··· SVT replica-in-progress 2003 Vermilion Red SVTf ··· ported JRSC BBK, ported head, 3" exhaust, Euro interior, more to come! strictly/focused • team edm

05-29-2006, 11:14 PM	#22 (permalink)
secondechomatt [FJ] Specialist Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Trenton, MI. Posts: 5,294	Re: Power lock switches don't light up Thats great! I just thought I did something wrong. I put blue LEDs in a long time ago, and those never worked....now I know! __________________ BRONCO BFG/RUST/WHITETRASH/TREEFAIL "The existence of flamethrowers is proof that someone, somewhere, said to himself, "I want to set those people over there on fire, but I don't feel like walking over there to do it."

05-31-2006, 04:34 PM	#25 (permalink)
Silfox [FJ] Specialist Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Austin, TX 78729 Posts: 7,656	Re: Power lock switches don't light up Yes they are.

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