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Mar 30, 2005 | 12:05 AM

Arctic_Cat4x4

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Dome light trouble

OK, I'm sure this has been talked about before, but my dome light (and the door lights as well as the bed light) is not shutting off when I close my doors. I shut off my truck and left for 45 minutes and the lights were still on! I have checked the panel dim switch, slammed all the doors repetedly, and eventually disconected my battery. If I leave the key in the forward "on" position, the "door ajar" light never shuts off.

Thanks for any tips

KK

Mar 30, 2005 | 09:44 AM

FordPickupMan351w

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Sounds like you have a bad door pin switch. Check the wiring and make sure that the wires did not become disconected at the plastic stock connector.

Mar 30, 2005 | 04:16 PM

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Is the pin switch behind the plastic door panel?

Thanks for the advice.

Mar 30, 2005 | 04:22 PM

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It is usually located on the front of the door by the hinges.

Mar 30, 2005 | 08:36 PM

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The courtesy light switches in these trucks are in the door latches. To access them you have to remove the door trim panels.
Quite often though you can fix them by spraying lots of WD40 (only) into the door latches and opening and closing the doors a few times. That frees up and cleans the switches and usually they will work again.

Mar 30, 2005 | 10:05 PM

Arctic_Cat4x4

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Thanks racerguy, I'll try that later and see if it helps. Till next time - KK

Mar 31, 2005 | 12:42 AM

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another way to kill the problem...remove the fuse that corrisponds with those things

- j/k

does anyone have any info on how to kill the pesky door ajar? i'm worried that cutting it may just create the problem of it never going away!

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Apr 6, 2005 | 08:21 AM

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The door ajar switch is seperate from the dome light switch and it in the door latch too.
Before pulling it apart I would try the WD40 in the latch trick and see if that works.

Apr 6, 2005 | 11:06 AM

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Arctic_Cat4x4

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I have put some oil on all my door latches, and that seems to have fixed my problem......so far.

Thanks for all the tips.

Apr 21, 2005 | 04:44 PM

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Wonderful fix. It was driving me nuts and it only was going on for about a week. I told my friend who has had the same problem for about a year. Hopefully it works for him too.