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1997 ford exibition xlt my interior light and running board lights wont go off along wiith the door ajar light on dash board. please help

1997 ford exibition xlt my interior light and running board lights wont go off along wiith the door ajar light on dash board. please help

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  • peachycorinn May 24, 2009

    thank you but also was thinking it may the interior dimming switch after all the fiddling i did

  • Monica R. Santiago Mar 15, 2013

    you need to locate the "door ajar " switch, each door has one. It probably needs to be replaced or adjusted.

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Take some WD40 and open the doors and spray a liberal amount into each of the door latches. Then open and close the doors firmly several times. This will work most of the time to unstick the ajar switches.

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Are they on on both sides or just one? It may be the switch inside the drivers side door. The switch is part of the door latch assembly. The other things could be a broken wire in the door jam or the timer module is defective.

  • Anonymous May 24, 2009

    That would be funny. It didn't even occur to me to even suggest that, thanks.

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One of the door switches is stock or broken. check all of them. one may have popped off and fell into the door. dont forget to check the back one also

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