[Shotimes] "Door Ajar" light (reprise)

[Leigh Smith]

Mike;
Ditto on my '94
Inspected the working system on my '89. The visible door light switch on 
the door jam has no effect on the door ajar light. The door ajar light 
was activated by a contact switch located inside the door on the door 
lock mechanism itself. I confirmed this by closing the latch mechanism 
on the 89 with a screwdriver, while holding the door open. Door ajar 
light went off. Door light switch position on door jam had no impact / 
effect.

There is a small contact switch located on the latch mechanism inside 
the door. Removed and tested one on the 94 with a multimeter and it gave 
an unusual "closed" signal that only lasted a second.  Not sure if this 
is indicative of "normal" or "bad". WD40 didn't work for me either.

I'm presently clueless as to how to proceed, except by removing / 
testing / replacing all 4 / 5 sensors.

Anyone else have any experience or ideas???

Leigh
94 with constant door ajar light
sometimes my 250k 89 works better!


Mike.Wojton@us.o-i.com wrote:
> So I sprayed the beejeezus out of my door latch mechanisms in an
> attempt to unstick whatever is stuck and get the "door ajar" light
> to go off to no avail.  I guess I'm going to have to remove the door
> panels one by one and check them out from the inside.  There has
> to be some kind of a switch in there that might have gone bad.
> 
> Meanwhile, the inside of the car stinks to high heaven like Liquid
> Wrench.  I'm getting a headache just thinking about it.
> 
> 
> Mike Wojton
> Toledo, Ohio
> 
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