door ajar light

F-250-Owner · May 18, 2011

just picked my truck up fromt the body shop and the door ajar light will not go out.... kind of annoying. any ideas what could be going on?

Mdub707 · May 18, 2011

Open door, spray liberal amounts of WD40 on the latch on the door itself. Close and open door 10x. Problem fixed.

Quite common on Ferds. Had this happen on every Ford truck I've owned now.

F-250-Owner · May 18, 2011

okay, will try it... I also put a different door on the rear passenger side, it seems like the auto lock solenoid is stuck, it wont work with the fob, nor when I hit the lock/unlock button inside the truck.......

wetnsloppy4x · May 18, 2011

It really sounds like a trip back to the body shop is in order. If they changed the door, an inoperative lock is likely on them. Unless you were having issues with it before the work, that is.

Mdub707 · May 18, 2011

Ok yeah I was unaware you had a door swapped... try what I said first though, if that doesn't fix the door ajar light, then look harder at that door.

yeehaw · May 18, 2011

i would take it back too, just cause they swapped it, worse case they say they won't do anything for you then go from there. But a good shop should look into it

Mdub707 · May 19, 2011

Did I miss something? When did he say he took it to a body shop? I'm not sure he can take something back that he did himself... his post says "HE" put a new door on... or did I miss something here?

SDS97_7.3 · May 19, 2011

Is the lock trying to move when you hit lock/unlock or does it do nothing?

SDS97_7.3 · May 19, 2011

Knew I had it somewhere give the general Idea of whats wrong if its trying to lock/unlock. Found it when looking to fix the lock on my Dads truck
View attachment Ford Power Door Lock Fix.pdf

03-Blue-Powerstroke · May 19, 2011

When I had this issue I sprayed the crap out of everything with WD-40 and it fixed itself.

wetnsloppy4x · May 19, 2011

F-250-Owner said:
just picked my truck up fromt the body shop and the door ajar light will not go out.... kind of annoying. any ideas what could be going on?

Mdub707 said:
Did I miss something? When did he say he took it to a body shop? I'm not sure he can take something back that he did himself... his post says "HE" put a new door on... or did I miss something here?

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