"Interior Light" PLEASE HELP

[anna23w2002]

My Interior light will not come on when I open the door up. I have switched it to the correct spot and everything. It will turn on when I switched it on. Can someone please help me. I believe it could be a bad switch. I'm not sure.

[shorod]

First off, what year is your Taurus?

Second, have you tried opening other doors? Do any of them cause the interior light to come on? If other doors do, but the driver's door does not cause the interior light to illuminate, the door switch is probably the problem. How you fix it will depend on the year of your Taurus.

The door latches with integrated door pin switches commonly stop working. If you search this forum, you will find many suggestions on how to fix them without replacing the latch mechanism. I suggest a proper electrical parts cleaner rather than the common WD-40. WD-40 is not an electrical parts cleaner, and a door pin switch is an electrical part. That being said, many people have had good luck with WD-40. I used Caig DeOxit electrical parts cleaner on the faulty switch of my '98 1.5 years ago and it hasn't acted up again since. Again, others have had similar luck with the more readily available WD-40 (but I still don't recommend it).

-Rod

[anna23w2002]

It will not come on when any of the doors are open.

[brokenantimatter]

Check the fuse, check your switch.

Also

Next time you post please list your vehicle info:
Year:
Engine:
Also Specifiy Sedan or Wagon. :-p

[anna23w2002]

Sable 98 Sedan

[shorod]

Originally Posted by anna23w2002

It will not come on when any of the doors are open.

Are you handy with a multimeter? If so, you can backprobe the connections at the Generic Electronic Module (GEM) and determine if the GEM, which controls the interior light for the door switches, is getting a door ajar signal.

-Rod

[seasonalskier2006]

check the fuse