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I have a '91 Extended XLT Eddie Bauer. This is the first time in the 5 years that I've owned it that I'm having an issue with it.
Yesterday morning it wouldn't start. It just clicked & there was no drainage from the battery. I noticed that the instrument panel showed the sliding door open. It was closed, but I opened it & closed it again. It then started right up.
Yesterday evening it did the same thing. Except this time it shows the sliding door as closed, except when I turn the key forward to start it. It'll then simply click & show the sliding door as open.
Will someone please help ASAP because I had to leave it at the mall parking lot to avoid paying to have it towed. I hope that it's something simple. Thanks in advance!
[QUOTE=athelite;12475]I have a '91 Extended XLT Eddie Bauer. This is the first time in the 5 years that I've owned it that I'm having an issue with it.
Yesterday morning it wouldn't start. It just clicked & there was no drainage from the battery. I noticed that the instrument panel showed the sliding door open. It was closed, but I opened it & closed it again. It then started right up.
Yesterday evening it did the same thing. Except this time it shows the sliding door as closed, except when I turn the key forward to start it. It'll then simply click & show the sliding door as open.
Will someone please help ASAP because I had to leave it at the mall parking lot to avoid paying to have it towed. I hope that it's something simple. Thanks in advance![/QUOTE]
Purely a guess, you have a short in the light down by the door. when it is ajar there's a drain and not enough amps to turn the started. Purely a guess. That's where I'd look first.
It turns out that the starter was bad & that was somehow causing the the door to show as open. A rebuilt starter was installed ($140 parts/labor) & all is fine now. Thanks for your help!
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Won't start because the sliding door is open? 
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