Door Warning Light Stays On

What the door open warning light means.

Door warning light stays on. My door ajar light stayed on occasionally after closing all the doors. There might also be a fault in your car s computer. As mentioned before when the light comes on the computer thinks one of your doors isn t closed all the way. Replace defective door switches or electrical components.

Although this is a relatively simple system there are a few odd faults that can occur with the switch causing the door open warning light to come on and stay on. As always if this video saved you time. If the interior light is going on and off with the doors opening and closing you can pretty much rule out the door switches as they run from the same source. Here are the most common symptoms when the door jamb switch has failed or the door ajar warning stays on.

The doors being locked after exiting the truck read more. This can create some visibility issues at night. Door ajar light stay on after truck has been driven and turned off once. The open door light is staying on because there is a fault with one or more of the door ajar switches that are built into the door strikers and boot latch.

Please spend a few m. Your vehicle has what is called door control modules. Car door open light stays on the door open light staying on is a common problem that happens when the door switch plunger sticks most likely due to an accumulation of dirt or rust. Your mechanic can troubleshoot the door ajar warning light identify the problem and repair it.

Fortunately this is a simple problem to fix and doesn t take a lot of automotive expertise to repair. The door ajar warning staying on is usually caused by a bad door jamb switch. On older vehicles there was an actual door ajar switch but your vehicle doesn t show a separate switch which means it is in the latch. They get gummed up and sometimes have a tendency to stick.

I had this problem on my 2003 explorer and took wd40 and gave the lock mechanism a good dose where it meets the clasp on the door jam. Then open and close the doors a couple of times to get them working. This is how to fix it. After the truck starts back up the door ajar light stays on.

Unfortunately we need to find out which door this is. Within the door latch there is a switch that tells the door module if the door is open or closed.