Door ajar light stays on

You probably have a bad door switch that is located in the door latch.If the vehicle tells you which door is ajar I would try a good penetrating oil first and if not replace that door latch.It will take a bit of working the latch before it will start to work if thats all it is so have some patients with it.

Feb 11, 2010 • 2003 Lincoln Navigator

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The interior lights stay on and the door ajar light is on when driving. the interior lights stay on when you shut off the car thus running the battery down. It happens about 70 percent of the time and when...

Find the lamp push button on each door.
Open one door, and only one door (or tailgate).
Push the lamp button IN at that door. If light goes out, then that particular push switch needs adjustment or replacement.
Cl;ose door and open another door. Push button IN.
Keep doing this until you find faulty door push button.

Which door was it?

Sep 24, 2009 • 1998 Lincoln Navigator

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2003 lincoln navigator running board stay out on passanger side unless your are moving (they retract) passenger mirror does not adjust backig up message continues saying door ajar

The door switches are built in the latches on each of the doors, they are pron to sticking, leaving the security module to beleive the door is open.
The simple fix is to spray a generous amount of WD40 on, in, and around the door latches, then opening and closing the door a few times. I would start with the passenger door as`this is likely the culprit. do the rest of the latches as a prevenitive measure.

Hope this is of some help.
Ed

Apr 20, 2009 • Lincoln Navigator Cars & Trucks

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What would make the interior lights in my 2003 Lincoln Navigator stay on after it gets shut off? They will only shut off when you drive down the street, once you shut it off and get out, they stay on and...

you may have your dim switch on and this cause the lights to stay on but they don't stay on all night or day they have a 10 minutes delay switch after 10 minutes they go off but yes there is an open circuit can be a door can be the trunk or the dim switch look for it and try to find the source of this open circuit like a mention before it's on the doors or the dim switch

Mar 27, 2009 • 2003 Lincoln Navigator

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My trucks computer tells me there's a door ajar

check each door jamb button (can't think of the correct term). close all doors except one... push the button manually... does the interior light go off... if it does move on to the next door. that will narrow down where the problem is... or it should. it also could be the relay for the interior lights located on the fuse panel under the dash.

Robert

Feb 24, 2009 • 2003 Lincoln Navigator

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2003 Explorer door ajar light stay on when all doors are closed

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. They get gummed up and sometimes have a tendency to stick.

Dec 29, 2008 • 2003 Ford Explorer

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Door ajar light

The sensor for the lights is in the door latch spray some GOOD penetrant in the door latch (WD 40 IS NOT A PENETRATING OIL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) open and shut the door several times after you let the penetrant soak a bit Liquid wrench, PB Blaster, BG Penetrant, are good
I owned Ace Automotive for 14 years and came across this problem on ford windstars and aerostars all the time I posted the fix on my website Please visit
http://www.aceautomotive1.com It is in the BLOG or FAQ
Please email me with the results of this. [email protected]
Please rate this a fixya if you feel its helpful Thanks, Randy

Sep 12, 2008 • 2003 Lincoln Navigator

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I have the same problem with my passenger door all the time. The dealer was nice and didn't charge me for some advice. Find out which door it is or do this to all. It is the part on the door the grabs the round thing in the door jam. It looks like two fingers kinda. Spray with WD-40 and clean with a rag to get all the dirt out of there. Spray again and open and close the door several times. This clears my problem and I hope this helps you too.

Dowtin Jul 26, 2011

Thanks spraying WD-40 in the door jams worked fine for me the ajar light is off and my running board is working .

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Wow, it worked, thanks!

Tori Gulisano Jun 05, 2010

We have had this problem before and of course our extended warranty just ran out 6 months ago AFTER they supposedly "fixed" the running board issues, and the air bag issues, we still have air bag issues but the WD-40 worked fixed the passenger running board so it works properly, no more door ajar and no more lights staying on to drain my battery.... and my Navigator only has 50K miles! I will NEVER buy a Ford Product again!

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