Door Ajar Switch

Joeb6812

Joeb6812

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I believe the driver's door ajar switch is intermittently messing with me. Like most electrical components it only works when I don't want it to. I bought 2 switches a couple of years ago with the intention of replacing both sides. After wrestling the door panel off of the passengers side, I think I remember seeing rivets holding the door latch on. Is that really what I remember? It has been so long now and I have had so much going on that I just don't remember what it looks like inside the door.

Is this job gonna be a big hassle? Am I gonna have to drill out the rivets to remove the latch? Does the latch even have to come out? Oh, one more question, can someone tell me if this part number is correct for the drivers side switch? The dealer tells me it is but, so far you guys have been more reliable than them.

F6DB-13752-CA

Thanks again for the help.
 
Did you try the trick of spraying a liberal amount of WD40 on the switch first, that usually fixes the message?
 
WD40 is a band-aid, at some point there is total failure. Even mine worked with WD40 for a year, then no longer. I took them out and cleaned them. Now they are back to being bad again.

You do not have to take the latch out. There was a write up somewhere, I thought on here, but its gone and not at LvC either. I went through the steps as its very hard to describe in detail. Its moderately tricky on the first try, but if I recall they snap in place and no tools are needed other than to get the door panel off.
 
The WD40 trick has worked with mine for 4 years now....looks like it depends on how long you let the gunk build up in them.
 
Removed the switch and sprayed it with liquid wrench. Worked the plunger a bunch of times and it is working fine now. Thanks a lot.

The door ajar is really annoying.
 
I would now spray it with the WD40 to get that corrosive Liquid wrench out of there!!!! It's a penetrating oil, NOT a water displacement, electrical safe cleaner.
 
Just a temp fix. If I have to take it apart again it will be to replace the switch. At least I know how to do it.
 
You shouldn't have to take it apart to spray WD40 into the latch ass'by. At least it'll lengthen the time before it fails from the L.W.
 
Joeb6812 said:
Removed the switch and sprayed it with liquid wrench. Worked the plunger a bunch of times and it is working fine now. Thanks a lot.

The door ajar is really annoying.
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My daughter used to have a Dodge 600, with a voice module. It would saw "A door is ajar". to which I responded, "no, a door is not a jar, stupid Dodge"!
 
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