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91 wagon door open light problem, any ideas???

Postby tyler21 » Sat Apr 19, 2014 12:35 am

Need help, something going on with right side doors, the indicator on the dash is saying that both doors and boot are open, and the alarm goes off every time I try to lock it to say that a door is left open, any help would be awesome!!
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Re: 91 wagon door open light problem, any ideas???

Postby WIDELOAD » Sat Apr 19, 2014 7:24 am

Faulty door light switch is the only thing i can think off.
Push the switch in by hand and see if it turns off the indicator. If not, I'd say thats your problem.
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Re: 91 wagon door open light problem, any ideas???

Postby tyler21 » Sat Apr 19, 2014 12:28 pm

Thanks heaps :) when I push in the front right switch it says both side doors are open and the lights come on, when I release the button it says they are shut, it's doing the complete opposite of what its meant to
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Re: 91 wagon door open light problem, any ideas???

Postby WIDELOAD » Sat Apr 19, 2014 12:36 pm

Easy fix then. Pull it out & switch the wires. :D
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Re: 91 wagon door open light problem, any ideas???

Postby tyler21 » Sat Apr 19, 2014 12:51 pm

Sweet as I'll give that a go now and let you know how I go:)
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Re: 91 wagon door open light problem, any ideas???

Postby tyler21 » Sat Apr 19, 2014 2:59 pm

Unplugged switches, door light is working now but alarm still says they are open, if I pit in New switches will it fix the problem??
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Re: 91 wagon door open light problem, any ideas???

Postby WIDELOAD » Sun Apr 20, 2014 8:50 am

Hmm... Potentially. There might have a seperate switch for the alarm too.

Least it should be a cheap trip to the wreckers for a 2nd hand one to find out. If that doesn't work i'd suggest a trip to the auto sparkies.
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Re: 91 wagon door open light problem, any ideas???

Postby Brunsy3.0 » Sun Apr 20, 2014 9:58 am

Try cleaning the contacts first. I found in a few of my older cars the screw that holds the switch in acts as the earth and occasionally the contacts both between the switch and chassis and the plug got a little grimy and caused them to work incorrectly
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Re: 91 wagon door open light problem, any ideas???

Postby tyler21 » Thu Apr 24, 2014 6:10 am

The gear stick is floppy when in gear I'm missing the part under the gear boot that holds the gear stick in place, does anyone know what it's called?
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Re: 91 wagon door open light problem, any ideas???

Postby Brunsy3.0 » Thu Apr 24, 2014 8:06 am

Pivot bush?
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Re: 91 wagon door open light problem, any ideas???

Postby tyler21 » Thu Apr 24, 2014 3:08 pm

Someone said it was a h pad or something??
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Re: 91 wagon door open light problem, any ideas???

Postby tyler21 » Thu Apr 24, 2014 5:16 pm

Just replaced the bushes and it's like new:) once again thanks heaps!! New to subaru and everything is so different
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