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Old 05-28-06, 08:53 PM
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Can anyone tell me why my warning cluster gauges are saying my doors are ajar when their not? Its also causing my dome lights to stay on. any ideas, please.

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There should be a sensor on the door that is faulty/ It compresses and sends a signal to your ecu. Perhaps it's worn out
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does your dome light work???
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electronics failing on an RX-7? i am shocked and appalled
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yes my dome light works but stays on. Door ajar light stays on when driving.
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Originally Posted by rotorforce
There should be a sensor on the door that is faulty/ It compresses and sends a signal to your ecu. Perhaps it's worn out
is there anyway to test the door pins? could it be the switch or the wiring?
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Originally Posted by jgrts20
yes my dome light works but stays on. Door ajar light stays on when driving.
If the dome light is staying on, then the door pin is on, or the wire is shorted.

The two use the same wire
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Originally Posted by Icemark
If the dome light is staying on, then the door pin is on, or the wire is shorted.

The two use the same wire
if you push it in it still stays on, shorted hmm.....just started after I ran some speaker wire under the plastic door jam thingy. Maybe I screwed it through the door pin wire.

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plastic door jam thingy???
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Originally Posted by Icemark
plastic door jam thingy???
sorry the plastic piece that in the doorway that says mazda on it. I have a brain crap sorry, its 1130pm est here.
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ah, the running board cover... sokay... I understand now.

Yeah, if you missed a screw hole or pinced a wire when you removed that you could be shorting out the door trigger wire (Blue/White)
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blue and white, thanx Icemark. BTW Ice sorry about the post earlier this week, I know you were trying to help. Just was pissed. It ended up being that my car was running way too rich. Thanx again!!

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Originally Posted by jgrts20
blue and white, thanx Icemark.
Blue wire, white stripe.

(and probably brown or red or silver dots- but you don't care about dots, they just reference what harness the wire is running in)
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k thanx, I will check them tomorrow. much appreciated!!
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found the problem a wire was cut causing it to short on.
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Originally Posted by Secondmessiah
electronics failing on an RX-7? i am shocked and appalled
Now don't you feel stupied???

75% (maybe more) of the problems posted here with RX-7s are caused by the owners, not with the car.
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