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Originally Posted by annie5379
I have been having electrical problems with my 98 Taurus which are causing certain malfunctions.
The latest one is that my directionals will not work. I play with the lock/unlock button on the driver's door, depress the 4 way flashers several times, and Maybe......if I'm lucky, the directionals start working.
At one time, my radio display also failed to work. All of a sudden, while I was driving, the door lock/unlock button went off, and the display came back.
I have had problems in the past with the "door ajar" light. It would stay lit, and then while I was driving, the door lock/unlock button would go off, and the "door ajar" light would go off.
I had to disconnect the underdash light, because it wouldn't go off.
Can anyone help????
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I had a similar problem with the radio in my '98 Taurus SHO. The illumination for the buttons would only work when it wanted to. I removed the control unit and reflowed the solder on any of the connections that looked less than perfect. That problem hasn't come back for a year now.
The door ajar light issue is very common. You can do a search on that in this forum and probably get hundreds of replies, therefore I'm not going to go into detail on that (again). Basically, one of you door pin switches in one of your door latch mechanisms is dirty. Clean it with some electrical contact cleaner and you'll be good for awhile. I do not recommend WD-40, it is not an electrical contact cleaner.
-Rod