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Old Aug 14, 2005 | 12:31 PM
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cab dome light

hi gang, I just bought a 97 ford ranger 3.liter. When i got it home i noticed the cab dome light wasn't working, i took off the cover, no bulb, easy fix, got a new bulb and now it works, as a matter of fact it won't go out most of the time. open and close the doors has no effect, start the truck and it still stays on. now i know why there was no bulb in it. I like having a dome light but i don't want to run the battery down, any ideas on how to fix it???
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Old Aug 14, 2005 | 01:38 PM
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Just a simple question, but is the dome light switch on?

Perhaps its a short in the wiring somewhere, I dont really know for sure.
 
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Old Aug 14, 2005 | 02:15 PM
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yep it's on the dimmer switch but also seems to be on some kinda timer. cause cometimes it stays on for a few minutes and then sometimes it won't go out at all
 
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Old Aug 14, 2005 | 02:44 PM
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Very common problem on Rangers. The dome light switches are located on the door latch assembly in the doors. Most of the time, spraying the latch liberaly with WD-40, then open & close the door several times will free these
switches up...
 
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Old Aug 14, 2005 | 03:35 PM
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Bob is right about the WD-40, check out the 4 page thread on this subject, in this forums technical sticky, at the bottom, under "miscellaneous", ther good info here too, check it out, the dom light link is https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/s...hreadid=105594
 
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