Courtesy lights stay on

Soaring1 · Sep 2, 2007

A new problem has raised its' ugly head and I can't figure out how to repair it. The courtesy lights stay on whether or not the doors are shut or closed. I replaced the little black shut off buttons, but that didn't do anything. I took them completely off so that there was an open circuit, and that didn't help. The courtesy lights still stay on no matter what. I have the bulbs out now until I can get some answers in how to repair them. Any ideas?

dennis112 · Sep 2, 2007

What about the headlight switch--is it fully rotated so that the lights are being turned on?

Soaring1 · Sep 2, 2007

dennis112 said:
What about the headlight switch--is it fully rotated so that the lights are being turned on?

The problem is that the courtesy lights are turned on all the time and do not shut off when the door is closed and the little black switch in the pillar is pushed in. Thanks for your input though.

mr-fixit · Sep 2, 2007

dennis112 said:
What about the headlight switch--is it fully rotated so that the lights are being turned on?

Dennis is asking you if the headlight switch is turn all the way to the left, causing the interior lights to be on.

CraigMBA · Sep 2, 2007

You know, the rotary part of the lightswitch that controls the dimmer action on your dash lights?

If you turn it past the stop it activates the courtesy lights.

Please post back if this does/does not fix it. Thx.

Soaring1 · Sep 2, 2007

mr-fixit said:
Dennis is asking you if the headlight switch is turn all the way to the left, causing the interior lights to be on.

The headlight switch has been turned every way but loose with no dhange. Yeah, I know the headlight switch can be turned all the way to the left and the interior lights come on, but that is not my problem. It's a wiring problem that I will have to figure out. Thanks for your input guys.

suki243 · Sep 2, 2007

umm, i'd say trace the wires around, maybe somewhere it is connected wrong somewhere. Cause there isn't supposed to be another hot wire that connects to the lights without going through the door jabs... those little connectors could be mismatched somewhere.

Here are wiring diagrams.

http://midlife66.com/wiring/66inter1.jpg

CraigMBA · Sep 2, 2007

Soaring1 said:
The headlight switch has been turned every way but loose with no dhange. Yeah, I know the headlight switch can be turned all the way to the left and the interior lights come on, but that is not my problem. It's a wiring problem that I will have to figure out. Thanks for your input guys.

Your switch failed. Unplug it see if the lights go out.

Rusty67 · Sep 2, 2007

Since you said you already yanked the door jamb switches and they are still on, try pulling fuses until they go out so you at least know which circuit is feeding them.

DukeGnarley · Sep 3, 2007

was it working fine before and then just started doing this? or was it after you wired some stuff? if it's the first case then mis matched wires can be eliminated as the problem, and then maybe you should look at your headlight switch to see if it needs to be replaced (although i've never heard of them going bad).

mustangman1974 · Sep 3, 2007

bad ground. I had the same thing in my 64.5. Good luck finding it.

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