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Torbayboy
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Door open light on
« on: Oct 6th, 2019, 6:08pm » |
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Have the door ajar light on the dash on, can I just disconnect the plunger on the door or is it a dash out job to fix bad board?
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Tompion
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Re: Door open light on
« Reply #1 on: Oct 6th, 2019, 7:35pm » |
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Not heard of it being a dash problem. It's not the plunger, it's a switch on the side of the lock.
My front passenger door has had the light on (again) for months - shows how much of a pain it is to do 
You don't have to do everything mentioned in this PDf about lock removal but it shows the switch:
http://www.fordscorpio.co.uk/manual/body/closures/doorlockf.pdf
It's best to disconnect the door connection plug or battery whilst you have your fingers in there - it is possible to trigger global closing/opening 
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Re: Door open light on
« Reply #2 on: Oct 6th, 2019, 9:45pm » |
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Thanks for reply, had this on G saloon with the boot one showing on the dash, that burnt the dash out and look bad, will this do the same if not fixed as the symbol and red lights appear the same as then (1994 car that time)
Thanks Roy
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Re: Door open light on
« Reply #3 on: Oct 7th, 2019, 12:19am » |
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I don't know, however I've just looked at a Granada one probably around '91. That has miniature filament bulbs whereas I think the Scorpio uses LED's. If the damage was caused by heat from the bulb then I would imagine the Scorpio would be OK.
With the door ajar light staying on you will probably find the indicators won't flash when you double lock the car. You may also find global closing doesn't work.
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Re: Door open light on
« Reply #4 on: Oct 7th, 2019, 8:04am » |
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Thanks will check on that, the other car was M plate 2.9 saloon Granny - there I've said it now.  and the clocks certainly seemed to get warm in that instance, done the dash in completely before i sold it on.
Looked at the dash we took from pearns and went
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Re: Door open light on
« Reply #5 on: Oct 7th, 2019, 4:31pm » |
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Just had a look at a stripped down Scorpio cluster & can confirm it's LED's for door ajar.
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Re: Door open light on
« Reply #6 on: Oct 7th, 2019, 6:14pm » |
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Hello, so this won't roast the dash like the granny did, or is there still some heat from a LED?
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