01 XLT interior lights stay on

[Mark]

For the past couple of times I have driven my Expedition XLT, the door ajar light would come on 5 minutes into the drive. I would open and close all doors but the light wouldn't go out. Last night I noticed that the interior lights came on and wouldn't go out. Tried open/closing all doors. No luck, had to disconnect the battery.

Any Ideas??

Thanks,


Mark

[mallen]

Try lubing the door latches with WD-40. Open and close the door to work the latch. I have had problems with the drivers door only, so start there. Hope this helps your problem, it did for me.

[Mark]

Thanks mallen, I gave it a try starting with the drivers side door but that didn't seem to take car of the problem. To be more specific, I have now been disconnecting the battery when I park it. When I connect it up and start it things seem to work like they should for about 4 minutes. At that time the Door Ajar light comes on. A few minutes later the interior lights come on. Then a few minutes later the locks go on and off and the high beams flash once. Sometimes it happens in that sequence other times just the interior lights just come on. Any ideas?

[mallen]

It may be a door latch that has gone bad. Usually lubing them with WD-40 works but in your case it just might need replacing.

[DaveS1955]

Check the swithes in the doors. One of them may be bad. Instead of turning disconnecting the battery try truniing the dash dimmer to the off position. That worked with mine until I had the defective door switch replaced.