2003 Ford Explorer "rear hatch door ajar light" Questions

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latch. they are a real pain to change out. the only way really to determine which door it is (it could also be the rear hatch) is to use a scan tool to view door ajar data, then change that one switch

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...rear hatch liberally with WD 40 or spray lubricant on the latch and open and close each door several times after spraying. This will usually be sufficient to get the door sensors to detect when you ...

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rear hatch has tiny switches attached to the door latch inside the doors, the rear hatch has 2 such switches, anyone of these can stick, and they do on a regular basis, this gives the false light, Any

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...rear hatch, the switch that is bad can be any of the 6 switches, Ford can scan the systems body control computer and see which switch is the problem, this is a big problem with all late model fords, ...

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...hatch. This should clear ya right up. Hi Mike If you are getting a repeated Door ajar signal then it is because one of the door switches that shuts off the interior lights/shows door ajar. Has failed ...

...rear hatch, any one of them can cause this problem and it is about 1 hour to rpelace one switch, ford has a scanner that can the system and ID exactly which switch is bad, that is the only way to do ...

...rear hatch window. One possible reason this began is that someone bumped our explorer in the rear in a parking lot and we believe that caused a crack in the rear panel. From reading other Ford ...

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...rear hatch and the hatch glass also!) To determine if the switch is bad or if the GEM is having a problem thinking the door is open, just unplug the suspected switch, close all the doors, and see if ...

...rear hatch.if it has a delay shout off then there would be a relay timer . i will look in to that further ./possibly some one else here knows and will answer you that? / other wise i will be back ...

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...rear hatch the hatch is latched but my hatch ajar light and all interior lights all come on and then it shuts off and turns on randomly but the hatch will latch when close Sounds like the sensor ...

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