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Dash light door open indicator HELP

Posted: Wed Feb 05, 2014 2:00 pm
by Six1ohrollaz
After swapping out my dash for a fresh uncracked replacement I put everything back together but noticed now my door open indicator stays on on my cluster mind u my doors and hatch are closed properly what can it be? this is causing a parasitic drain on My battery has anyone ever encountered this problem on there ae86?

Re: Dash light door open indicator HELP

Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2014 2:16 pm
by jondee86
The Door Open Indicator light should only be on when either the interior
light is on or a door switch is closed (making circuit to ground). Not sure
why the interior light would show as a door open, but the wiring diagram
puts it on the same circuit. So either you have a door switch that does
not go open circuit when the door is closed, the interior light is ON, or
you have a short to ground somewhere in the wiring downstream of the
dash indicator panel.

EDIT: Thinking about it for a moment, the door switches pull the interior
light to ground, so they have to be on the same circuit. And as I believe the
interior light can be switched on without opening the door, if your dome light
has a blown bulb, make sure the switch in not in the manual ON position.

Cheers... jondee86

Re: Dash light door open indicator HELP

Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2014 5:14 pm
by Six1ohrollaz
Thanx for the advice ima look into it and see my dome light is blown so it's probably is on which could explain the draw!