P38A r/h rear door open on dash but door is shut

will rover · Oct 22, 2015

please help lads the door is shut but regestering open on the dash, can't lock the car ,the alarms going off when I do because it thinks the door is open ,the interior light won't go out air suspension won't work will work driving me potty can't figure what's up P38 30TH ANEVERSARY 4.6 2000

wammers · Oct 22, 2015

will rover said:
please help lads the door is shut but regestering open on the dash, can't lock the car ,the alarms going off when I do because it thinks the door is open ,the interior light won't go out air suspension won't work will work driving me potty can't figure what's up P38 30TH ANEVERSARY 4.6 2000

You will have to look at the door ajar switch or wiring to it in that lock. Suspension won't work if it thinks there is a door open.

will rover · Oct 22, 2015

I've looked all seems OK no wires loose doors locking unlocking ,it happened last week but rectified itself when I opened the front door with the engine running it cancelled the rear message on dash and left front message i shut the door all okand I was able to lock the car , I took it to a dealer and he couldn't find nothing

wammers · Oct 22, 2015

will rover said:
I've looked all seems OK no wires loose doors locking unlocking ,it happened last week but rectified itself when I opened the front door with the engine running it cancelled the rear message on dash and left front message i shut the door all okand I was able to lock the car , I took it to a dealer and he couldn't find nothing

There is a micro switch in the door lock operated by the latch when the door is shut that will be sticky.

wil2813 · Oct 23, 2015

wammers said:
There is a micro switch in the door lock operated by the latch when the door is shut that will be sticky.

+1 imo change the lock mech

Lone_Wolf · Oct 23, 2015

I agree change the lock.

Had a similar issue myself only the other way around, the interior light would not come on and when the door was open nothing was reported on the message centre. New lock fixed it.

martyuk · Nov 1, 2015

As mentioned above - microswitch in the latch has failed.

I rebuild the latches and often see the micro switches (especially the early ones as they weren't waterproofed ones!) have corroded out, or the contact inside has failed so it's not registering change of state.

P38A r/h rear door open on dash but door is shut

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