Phillip Beall
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• Honey Grove, TX, USA |
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• Registered on 11/7/2004 |
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 Posted:2/5/2007 20:17 |
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[b]UPDATE[/b]
We drove the Excursion back from MCO this last weekend. The door ajar light was on intermittently. Today I was running some errands and the light was illuminated so I pulled into the local Ford dealership. The service adviser first started off spraying each of the door latch mechanisms with a spray silicone saying that will sometimes clean (something) up that is gunked up with dust. After spraying each he closed and reopened the doors a number of times. So, that appears to be an insiders trick to sometimes resolve the matter.
In this case it did not resolve the situation so they ran the Excursion around to their shop and had a couple of guys opening and closing doors while yet another guy used some sort of diagnostic tool and determined it was one of the two sensors in the rear upper hatch.
Labor (diagnostics and replacement) = $70
Part = $30
Total = $100 plus tax
If someone comes up with a brilliant way for people to diagnose this matter themselves I would love to hear it. For now it boils down to spray lubricant on the latches unless and until that no longer works, and then you have to go to the dealership...
Phillip |
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hcirrito
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• Long Island, NY, USA |
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• Registered on 2/23/2007 |
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• 14 posts |
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Posted:2/23/2007 12:38 |
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I just got my Excursion this past October. This is my first post too. I have not done this on the Excusion but it happened to my windstar van. To find the bad sensor, I figured it was either the drivers door or the rear door because they are used the most. Turned out to be the rear. If you unplug the sensor in the latch, it tricks the system into thinking the door is closed. When I unplugged the sensor in the back, the light went out. On the van, I didn't bother replacing it, but unplugging it solved the problem. Maybe its the same on the Excursion. |
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LANDYOT
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• Subscriber since 11/23/2003 |
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• Newport News, VA, USA |
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• Registered on 7/15/2003 |
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Posted:2/23/2007 15:38 |
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| Quote: | | I just got my Excursion this past October. This is my first post too. |
WELCOME to the X-Files! 
I got so tired of dealing with it on my '01 that I eventually wired in a bank of 4 toggle switches under the dash so I could not only disarm the offending circuit, but identify which one was acting up. |
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Phillip Beall
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• Honey Grove, TX, USA |
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• Registered on 11/7/2004 |
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• 74 posts |
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Posted:2/23/2007 18:51 |
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| Quote: | | Quote: | | I just got my Excursion this past October. This is my first post too. |
WELCOME to the X-Files!
I got so tired of dealing with it on my '01 that I eventually wired in a bank of 4 toggle switches under the dash so I could not only disarm the offending circuit, but identify which one was acting up. |
Yes, welcome indeed! 
Now, wiring switches for the door sensors? Do you have pictures of the installation and some wiring schizmatics that might help those of us that might want to consider doing the same thing?  And did you opt to leave some out, or what? There are two on the back window, one each on the two rear passenger and front doors; that would total six? And I am wondering about that "just unplug it" trick. 
Thanks,
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Phillip Beall
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• Honey Grove, TX, USA |
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• Registered on 11/7/2004 |
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• 74 posts |
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Posted:2/23/2007 18:51 |
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| Quote: | | Quote: | | I just got my Excursion this past October. This is my first post too. |
WELCOME to the X-Files!
I got so tired of dealing with it on my '01 that I eventually wired in a bank of 4 toggle switches under the dash so I could not only disarm the offending circuit, but identify which one was acting up. |
Yes, welcome indeed!
Now, wiring switches for the door sensors? Do you have pictures of the installation and some wiring schizmatics that might help those of us that might want to consider doing the same thing? And did you opt to leave some out, or what? There are two on the back window, one each on the two rear passenger and front doors; that would total six? And I am wondering about that "just unplug it" trick.
Thanks,
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Phillip Beall
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• Honey Grove, TX, USA |
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• Registered on 11/7/2004 |
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• 74 posts |
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Posted:2/23/2007 18:51 |
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| Quote: | | Quote: | | I just got my Excursion this past October. This is my first post too. |
WELCOME to the X-Files!
I got so tired of dealing with it on my '01 that I eventually wired in a bank of 4 toggle switches under the dash so I could not only disarm the offending circuit, but identify which one was acting up. |
Yes, welcome indeed!
Now, wiring switches for the door sensors? Do you have pictures of the installation and some wiring schizmatics that might help those of us that might want to consider doing the same thing? And did you opt to leave some out, or what? There are two on the back window, one each on the two rear passenger and front doors; that would total six? And I am wondering about that "just unplug it" trick.
Thanks,
Phil |
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Phillip Beall
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• Honey Grove, TX, USA |
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• Registered on 11/7/2004 |
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• 74 posts |
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Posted:2/23/2007 18:51 |
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| Quote: | | Quote: | | I just got my Excursion this past October. This is my first post too. |
WELCOME to the X-Files!
I got so tired of dealing with it on my '01 that I eventually wired in a bank of 4 toggle switches under the dash so I could not only disarm the offending circuit, but identify which one was acting up. |
Yes, welcome indeed!
Now, wiring switches for the door sensors? Do you have pictures of the installation and some wiring schizmatics that might help those of us that might want to consider doing the same thing? And did you opt to leave some out, or what? There are two on the back window, one each on the two rear passenger and front doors; that would total six? And I am wondering about that "just unplug it" trick.
Thanks,
Phil |
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Phillip Beall
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• Honey Grove, TX, USA |
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• Registered on 11/7/2004 |
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• 74 posts |
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Posted:2/23/2007 19:03 |
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| Quote: | | Quote: | | I just got my Excursion this past October. This is my first post too. |
WELCOME to the X-Files!
I got so tired of dealing with it on my '01 that I eventually wired in a bank of 4 toggle switches under the dash so I could not only disarm the offending circuit, but identify which one was acting up. |
Yes, welcome indeed!
Now, wiring switches for the door sensors? Do you have pictures of the installation and some wiring schizmatics that might help those of us that might want to consider doing the same thing? And did you opt to leave some out, or what? There are two on the back window, one each on the two rear passenger and front doors; that would total six? And I am wondering about that "just unplug it" trick.
Thanks,
Phil |
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Phillip Beall
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• Honey Grove, TX, USA |
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• Registered on 11/7/2004 |
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• 74 posts |
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Posted:2/23/2007 19:03 |
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| Quote: | | Quote: | | I just got my Excursion this past October. This is my first post too. |
WELCOME to the X-Files!
I got so tired of dealing with it on my '01 that I eventually wired in a bank of 4 toggle switches under the dash so I could not only disarm the offending circuit, but identify which one was acting up. |
Yes, welcome indeed!
Now, wiring switches for the door sensors? Do you have pictures of the installation and some wiring schizmatics that might help those of us that might want to consider doing the same thing? And did you opt to leave some out, or what? There are two on the back window, one each on the two rear passenger and front doors; that would total six? And I am wondering about that "just unplug it" trick.
Thanks,
Phil |
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Phillip Beall
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• Honey Grove, TX, USA |
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• Registered on 11/7/2004 |
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• 74 posts |
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Posted:2/23/2007 19:03 |
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| Quote: | | Quote: | | I just got my Excursion this past October. This is my first post too. |
WELCOME to the X-Files!
I got so tired of dealing with it on my '01 that I eventually wired in a bank of 4 toggle switches under the dash so I could not only disarm the offending circuit, but identify which one was acting up. |
Yes, welcome indeed!
Now, wiring switches for the door sensors? Do you have pictures of the installation and some wiring schizmatics that might help those of us that might want to consider doing the same thing? And did you opt to leave some out, or what? There are two on the back window, one each on the two rear passenger and front doors; that would total six? And I am wondering about that "just unplug it" trick.
Thanks,
Phil |
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