03' Sprinterm No Lock Mechanical operation?

Peter McCall

New member
03' 144 lock mechanism has no operation, lights on dash by shifter indicate that all doors are seem, lights comes on individually when each is open...
All connections were cleaned other than below drivers seat.

Any Ideas, has anyone had this happen previously?
 

autostaretx

Erratic Member
Have you hit anything firmly recently?

The T1N airbag system can get into a "crash happening" state if you hit something (bollard, tree, rock) firmly enough, even at slow speeds. If that's been triggered, it would show up with a Sprinter-smart scanner as a change in the "crash state".
A dealer's scanner can clear the flag.
One thing it definitely affects is electric door locking ... both by remote and by dashboard switch (it's so a complicated crash won't prevent rescuers from opening the doors)
I vaguely recall that it may affect cruise control, too.

The other thing to check, of course, is the fuse.
It's a 25 amp fuse on the driver's seat-side panel. Since that panel's layout differs from Sprinter to Sprinter depending upon your option mix, i can't guess which number it would be (consult list on inside of panel cover). On mine, it's number 9.

--dick
 

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