Interior lights stay on always

[djbartu]

All of the interior lights stay on all of the time, whether the car is running or not. I have to disconnect the battery when I park and it's a real pain driving at night with those map lights shining in my eyes!

I've slammed and reslammed all of the doors but no luck. Any ideas?

 

[keat91]

my dads SHO does the same thing he just took all the bulbs out and put a flashlight in the glove box let me know if you get it fixed

 

[Mels]

Not to over-simplify things, but have you checked the interior light switch? On my '89 it's a function of the dimmer, but I have no idea how it works on the gen III.

 

[hoboprodigy-]

rofl, one time i was freaking out over that and realized my panel dimmer was all the way bright.

 

[Mr Anonymous]

Clean out the door switches (located in the latch) with WD-40. It may take a bit of spraying and working the latch, but eventually it will fix it.

 

[avocadoman1]

WD-40 in the door latches is the trick.
done it on several Taurus'.

 

[djbartu]

I'll give it a try, where exactly is the switch in the door latch? I guess I'll spray every movable part I can.

 

[avocadoman1]

open door, spray wd-40 into the opening, close the door.
do to each door.
open and close several times as needed.
99% of the time, that's the answeer.

in my first taurus, I took to dealer.
he replaced both front mechanism's.
cost $400.
two weeks later, the light stayed on again.

then i tried wd-40 insid the latch, not really knowing what i was doing.
it worked.

by knowing this trick you save $$$.

 

[Wess]

WD-40 in the door latches is the trick.
done it on several Taurus'.

I concur, did the trick for me.

 

[jrcrum]

I concur, did the trick for me.

me tooooo done it twice now

 

[djbartu]

Yep, that did the trick. Geez was that easy!

When the lights were staying on, I kept thinking electrical problem ... after all, the showagon was pieced together from two entirely different vehicles. Who knows what could go wrong. With my luck, I usually guess I'm looking at an expensive and/or time consuming job.

Thanks for the help!

 

[Firespirit]

Don't you just love easy fixes? I've done it to my Taurus before. The SHO never had that problem though.

 

[Want.to.be]

Yes Wd-40 , my car did the same thing. The Ford dealer gave me the options of repairing or WD.

Hmmmmmm, i went with Wd.

jpc

 

[stephen newberg]

"WD keeps the fleet at sea."



pax, smn

 

[SHOWHAT9]

http://v8sho.com/SHO/intlamps.html
100's have been there done that. Just google the site.

 

[avocadoman1]

this thread has a picture of the door latch mechanism and the door adjar switch on a '99-Gen3.
door ajar switch

 

[MotorMouth]

Mine just started with this problem the other day, WD and a few door closings later and problem solved .

 

[KILLA]

My lights randomly go on and off on their own all the time. day, night, evening, whenever. i cant help but think that that just might work. ive heard, and done such things at work, but for some reason it never crossed my mind to try it.

hmmm..........

 

[COliveira95]

this happened to my 97 SHO. WD in the door latch did the trick. I also had the same thing happen in my '02 Harley f150. Again, WD did the trick.

 

[luigisho]

Ok, where exactly do I need to spray? The latch where the door closes or the opening on the side where all the wiring comes from the harness into the door?