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Oct 1, 2011 | 10:02 PM

thepope

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door ajar/lumbar support...

this has happened since i got my car. my dash is telling me that my rear left door is ajar. i can get it to go off by pushing my back against my seat. so if the dome light is on the center position.. it goes off when i put my back against my seat. ive wondered if it wasnt my door lock mechanism.. but what would explain it turning off when i push on the lumbar support? where do i start? is there a short somewhere? the lights on the bottom of the front seat in the rear are also coming on as the door is "open". should i take the seat out and try some different routing with the harness? thanks.

Oct 1, 2011 | 10:04 PM

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im not talking about the lumbar support button. im talking about pushing my back against the front of the seat so the lumbar support moves backwards.

Oct 2, 2011 | 04:19 AM

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There is a short in a wire in the seat. Search for "fuse 14" for more info. Try disconnecting the footwell light under the driver's seat. On the right side toward the front of the seat, there is a stack of connectors. Disconnect the black, 2 wire connector. See if the problem goes away.

Oct 2, 2011 | 12:16 PM

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im about to remove the seat. id like for the lights on the back of the seat to be functional. removing the number two will just d/c the signal im assuming. ill check and see if it works. thanks.

Oct 2, 2011 | 03:56 PM

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The light I'm talking about is the footwell light for tthe left rear passenger seat. I haven't missed it for the 6 years it's been disconnected. But I'm 6'7" and rarely have anyone sit in the seat behind me. If you want to fix the short, you'll need to at least take the back cover off the seat. I seem to recall there being a post showing the wires in question.

Try disconnecting the black connector first to confirm that's what you're dealing with.

Oct 2, 2011 | 05:12 PM

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it worked. just d/c the red and black.

Oct 4, 2011 | 04:57 PM

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where to go from here?

so ive got the main problem which was the door ajar tripped when it wasnt. so where do i go from here? how can i find the short without ripping all of this wire apart? do i need to get a new harness to make this work?

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Oct 4, 2011 | 07:28 PM

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i like your view on it. i installed two new window clips on my regulator today and was very fulfilled.. but i will yearn for more soon i know. while i was at the dealer picking them up, i went ahead and shelled out 40 bucks for the coolant temp sensor since they had it in stock. will be installing that my new 710n's and new samco tbb thursday. thanks again for all the help guys.