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DIC periodically goes beserk and displays "trunk open" and "door ajar" when in fact they are not. Door locks operate independently while I am cruising along. Interior lights come on and stay lit after parking and exiting. Is this someking of cluster problem or what?

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You have 1 or more bad trip switches . They are made onto the door latch and probabley dealer items

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This sounds like a problem with the body control module. this era of these cars were common for these problems. have the vehicle scanned, hopefully that can shed some more light on the situation. this is a dealer item only.

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