I have a 2004 Ford Econoline XLT, I have central power lock but no remote, wanted to add a simple cheap remote… I failed.
i worked in the Kickerpanel (passenger side) using the brown and red wire + some hot wires and of course grounding.
I couldn’t get it to work. When I connect the open/close signal to the qires and use the Remote I only get some sparks and the fuse blows.
I just don’t understand it because when I don’t connect the wires and run the dry test I see all the correct voltage numbers.
Do I need additional relays because Ford thought we can make this more difficult!?
This should be so easy I did it on other cars but I burned the whole day and 10 fuses…
There must be somebody who added a remote to a van to make life easier especially with the power lock system already functioning…