Lights stay on door adjar always lit - 2001 Ford Expedition

because the switch is stuck or wires shorted to it.

If the door adjar light is on than you have a bad door switch. They are part of the door latch assembly. It is more common for the drivers side to go bad but it could be anny of them. A scan tool would be helpful in narrowing down which one it is. What you can try is spraying carb or brake cleaner into the part of the door that holds the door shut (the latch). Spray it into every nook and crany in that area. Open and close the door several times will a serving the door adjar light. If it goes out problem solved. If it doesn't go out get it scanned to see which one has failed and then pull that door pannel to inspect. Let me know if you have any questions and I'll do my best to answer them. Thank you for using FixYa.com!

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One of the switches that gets pressed in by the closed door is bad.

You need to remove the door ajar sensors from the doors and clean and lube them. You must remove the interior door panel then remove the door latch. Then twist the switch out of the latch to work on it.

the door adjar switch is the problem. the cargo light stays on until 35mph, as well as the overhead dome light. i just took the bulb out of the dome light and dont worry about the cargo light. it stays on for 30 min after the truck is turned off if the switch didnt trip properly. it shouldnt cause any problems as long as your batteries are good. i havent replaced the switch yet but it should be on the part of the door by the latch. get the replacement part and do a visual I.D. when you get the panel off. then replace it. the sensor is only 14$

At least one of your door ajar switches are sticking. Try spraying rust penetrant into the latches and open and close the doors several times. If they still stay on you will have to locate which latch it is by removing the door panels and disconnecting the switches.

Spray some WD40 into the latches on the side of the doors then open and close the doors several times firmly.This will unstick the door adjar switch most of the time.Start with drivers door first.

You may have a bad door switch. The alarm is usually wired into the door adjar switch amongst other things. If the alarm system is being told that your door is still adjar due to a bad switch in the door jam then it's quite possible that the alarm system will not operate the locks if it thinks the door is adjar in which is also evident by the dome light staying on. Sounds like a switch. If not the switch then I would lean more towards the alarm system being responsible.


Good Luck. I hope this has at least narrowed down your search if not pinpointed it.

Try shooting some WD40 in the door latch assembly on the side of the door then open and close the doors several times. Most of the time this will un-stick the door ajar switch.

This could the problem with one door switch is defective in the car , you need to replace the switch...

Good luck...