03 xlt door ajar light always on

[Butkie3248]

So my door ajar light is always on and sometimes on the real cold days that we have had it turns off and stays off until it warms up and then its back on, what do i need to check?? Any help would be appreciated thanks....

Adam

 

[Plati]

So my door ajar light is always on and sometimes on the real cold days that we have had it turns off and stays off until it warms up and then its back on, what do i need to check?? Any help would be appreciated thanks....

Adam

Do the dome lights come on also, or just the red indicator light in the instrument panel?

 

[Butkie3248]

All the lights stay on and the red light stays on. Ive just turned off all the lights off so they dont kill the battery.

 

[Plati]

All the lights stay on and the red light stays on. Ive just turned off all the lights off so they dont kill the battery.

That (turn lights off by spinning wheel to off) is what I was going to suggest. I used to have this problem all the time .... back when I used car washes. Stopped going to car wash, problem went away. Last summer I hosed the vehicle (03 Expy) off really well and it came back. I'd like to know what wire / sensor / whatever is to blame too but since I found a way to avoid it I threw in the towel. Some people say spray WD40 around door latchs.

 

[Hamfisted]

If the radio is ON and you turn OFF the ignition key, does the radio immediately turn OFF ? If so, it's most likely one of the front door jamb switches that's failed. Each door has one located at the bottom of the latch and you have to remove the door panel to access it. The two front doors will turn off the radio when they're opened. The rears do not. It's usually the driver's door switch that fails first, just due to the amount of use it gets. Be careful when ordering replacement switches because there is a different orientation for left and right sides.

So my door ajar light is always on and sometimes on the real cold days that we have had it turns off and stays off until it warms up and then its back on, what do i need to check?? Any help would be appreciated thanks....

Adam

Old Driver's side door jamb switch ( note crushed plunger ball ...) ....





Driver's side door latch removed from door for switch replacement... quarter turn to remove switch ...

 

[RZ5639]

If you haven't already replaced the switch shown above you can spray each door "plunger switch" with WD40 and push the switch in and out with your fingers. I have had several older 1st and 2nd gen Expeditions and this has happened a few times. It has always worked for me. YMMV.

 

[Butkie3248]

How do i know which one to get?

 

[Plati]

i guess the switch is inside , no wonder i cant see it

 

[Hamfisted]

How do i know which one to get?

They're fairly cheap, get one for each side. You'll use them eventually.


https://www.rockauto.com/en/catalog...ectrical-switch+&+relay,door+jamb+switch,4360

 

[Butkie3248]

Ya but which one?

 

[aesani]

I had the same problem with my 2003 XLT. I sprayed WD-40 on all door latch mechanisms (including rear window and tailgate) to get them all moving smoothly and the problem was solved. Good luck and I hope this helps.

 

[Hamfisted]

Ya but which one?

You should probably just take it to a shop ....

 

[CaptOchs]

It's a bad door sensor. You need to figure out which door. For me it was passenger/front. No amount of spray would work. I looked online and the sensor was $45. The heck with that! I unplugged the sensor and jumped it. Basically take some wire about 2 inches long. Strip both ends. Insert into socket the door sensor was plugged into. Tape everything up pretty good so it doesn't come loose. Put the door back together and you're good to go. Only downside is lights don't come on when passenger opens the door. Oh well, I can live with that.

 

[Esat]

With my lucky self mine was the back doors window lock one, I bypassed it wit a piece of wire and I am not using that window now. Door latches also have a switch on each door. If you can't loosened the switch with WD-40 you have to replace the whole doorlock.

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[son-of-a-door-mat]

I've fix mine, it takes couple of hours. Seemed unseparable, but I'm lucky. Works fine since then.