Car needs fixing

monster · 07-15-2010, 02:32 PM

Car need replacing really, but that's not going to happen in the near future.

Problem is all the interior lights stay on all of the time. No, it's not a faulty connection on any of the doors -they stay on even when the override switch is turned off. We often use that switch when we want to leave the car doors open and preserve the battery and/or not attract bugs. But now the stupid lights are on when I'm driving and when it's parked and locked... 24/7. For now, beest has disabled each one individually, but some hint as to where to look for the root of the problem would be nice, please. It's a 2001 Windstar.

Happy Monkey · 07-15-2010, 02:46 PM

My parents have a similar problem with a Windstar. It's not 24/7, but they take a very long time to turn off.

classicman · 07-15-2010, 02:54 PM

Try this

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Door ajar switch, mounted on each door latch, with one wire to ground circuit. Use WD-40 spray profusely behind and top of each door latch may help clean dirt which contact the switch.
Also the tail gate has door ajar switch. Switch is cheap,but hard to get to,just twist it on and off to remove like light bulb,no tool needed.

monster · 07-15-2010, 05:49 PM

Thanks, but as already stated, it is not related to the door switches.

zippyt · 07-15-2010, 06:45 PM

there is a Timed relay that is supposed to turn the lights Off ( After a while ) if a door is Left open , so it doesn't drain yer battery
There was on All our caravans at least
shouldn't be That expensive a thingee , $50 or less i would think

monster · 07-15-2010, 07:13 PM

Yeah, there is, but the cut off should be instant when the door is closed and the engine started, so that is bypassed? In which case that's not the issue either. Or are those part of the same unit?

Pete Zicato · 07-15-2010, 07:17 PM

You might try calling the cartalk guys.

classicman · 07-15-2010, 09:12 PM

Where the hell is Jim - he should know someone!
JIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!! !! !!

monster · 07-15-2010, 09:21 PM

This is a mom-van. Jim's way too cool to be seen discussing it!

No interior lights at night is teh suxxors. Maybe I should leave it out of the garage and hope for a write-off through hail damage?

zippyt · 07-15-2010, 09:53 PM

Monnie If the relay is stuck ON it could be the problem , Or in terms of Logic it could be stuck Off

monster · 07-15-2010, 10:31 PM

Monnie so sounds like a cute name for a vaginal condition....

I get ya, will have the son-of-banana-lady check it out, thanks ....or maybe I'll even do it myself (mutter mumble....)

ZenGum · 07-16-2010, 07:42 AM

Autogremlins. Call in a witch doctor.

Gravdigr · 07-16-2010, 01:20 PM

You mean a switch doctor?

Gravdigr · 07-16-2010, 01:21 PM

Have you checked the switch you use to turn your interior lights on?

monster · 07-16-2010, 02:59 PM

Yes. The same switch dims and turns on off the dash lights when the headlights are on. That is still doable, so it's not stuck in the on position somewhere in there. Unless the dash lights and interiors are operated in parallel from that switch and the circuit to the interiors has the fault/stuck in on thing. But the switch itself is still working.

07-15-2010, 02:32 PM	#1
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Car needs fixing Car need replacing really, but that's not going to happen in the near future. Problem is all the interior lights stay on all of the time. No, it's not a faulty connection on any of the doors -they stay on even when the override switch is turned off. We often use that switch when we want to leave the car doors open and preserve the battery and/or not attract bugs. But now the stupid lights are on when I'm driving and when it's parked and locked... 24/7. For now, beest has disabled each one individually, but some hint as to where to look for the root of the problem would be nice, please. It's a 2001 Windstar. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

07-15-2010, 02:46 PM	#2
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	My parents have a similar problem with a Windstar. It's not 24/7, but they take a very long time to turn off. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

07-15-2010, 05:49 PM	#4
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Thanks, but as already stated, it is not related to the door switches. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

07-15-2010, 06:45 PM	#5
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	there is a Timed relay that is supposed to turn the lights Off ( After a while ) if a door is Left open , so it doesn't drain yer battery There was on All our caravans at least shouldn't be That expensive a thingee , $50 or less i would think __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

07-15-2010, 07:13 PM	#6
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Yeah, there is, but the cut off should be instant when the door is closed and the engine started, so that is bypassed? In which case that's not the issue either. Or are those part of the same unit? __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

07-15-2010, 07:17 PM	#7
Pete Zicato Turns out my CRS is a symptom of TMB. Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Chicago suburbs Posts: 2,916	You might try calling the cartalk guys. __________________ Talk nerdy to me.

07-15-2010, 09:12 PM	#8
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Where the hell is Jim - he should know someone! JIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!! !! !! __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

07-15-2010, 09:21 PM	#9
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	This is a mom-van. Jim's way too cool to be seen discussing it! No interior lights at night is teh suxxors. Maybe I should leave it out of the garage and hope for a write-off through hail damage? __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

07-15-2010, 09:53 PM	#10
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	Monnie If the relay is stuck ON it could be the problem , Or in terms of Logic it could be stuck Off __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

07-15-2010, 10:31 PM	#11
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Monnie so sounds like a cute name for a vaginal condition.... I get ya, will have the son-of-banana-lady check it out, thanks ....or maybe I'll even do it myself (mutter mumble....) __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

07-16-2010, 07:42 AM	#12
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Autogremlins. Call in a witch doctor. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

07-16-2010, 01:20 PM	#13
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07-16-2010, 01:21 PM	#14
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07-16-2010, 02:59 PM	#15
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Yes. The same switch dims and turns on off the dash lights when the headlights are on. That is still doable, so it's not stuck in the on position somewhere in there. Unless the dash lights and interiors are operated in parallel from that switch and the circuit to the interiors has the fault/stuck in on thing. But the switch itself is still working. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

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