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Old Nov 28, 2017 | 03:08 PM
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Help with electrical gremlin

I'm trying to chase down an electrical problem in the cab of my 95 F150. The door lock button on the driver side does not work (I did replace the button/switch, but that did nothing), the passenger side will lock but not unlock. The dome light does not come on when the driver's door is open (Even after I replaced the door sill button) but does come on when the passenger side is open. The power windows work until the decide not to. Sometimes they just stop when I get them halfway up and won't roll up or down again unless I turn off the ignition and turn it back on, at which point they start working again no problem. And, sometimes, the radio doesn't turn on. Randomly. Lastly, there's no "buzz" or "ding" when the key's in the ignition and the door's open or when the lights are left on.

With all of that...where do I even start?
 
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Old Nov 29, 2017 | 07:27 AM
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For the locks you might have a bad door lock switch on the passenger side. The passenger lock switch controls the drivers side and the drivers lock switch sends its power through the passenger door lock switch to control the drivers side door lock.

Also sounds like no power to the drivers side door dome light switch.
 
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Old Nov 29, 2017 | 07:31 AM
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I am wondering if a PO might have installed some kind of alarm system and the wiring is boogered up? My neighbor just bought a '97 F250 on eBay and this was his problem - I had remove the rat's nest of wires under the dash for the alarm and put things back the way Ford intended.
 
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