96 Montero SR Headlight on buzzer?

[dave52355]

Thanks for the replies. It has been raining here ( no garage ) so I've not been able to get back to the light buzzer. Was hoping Friday or Saturday but the forecast is now saying rain all weekend. I'll let you know what I find. One thing I did notice, when the driver side door is opened the overhead interior lights do not come on. It may be a faulty door switch causing this.

[off-roader]

The door/key buzzer is in the instrument panel (& the light buzzer is probably there too) which you can remove while dry and simply seated in the car. Small fingers are helpful when doing this though.

[dave52355]

Broken door jam switch on drivers side. Well that would explain a lot. The plug for the switch has been pushed over to one side so that the switch does not plug in. On the switch the plunger is broken. I'm assuming that it is a normally open circuit till the plunger is released? Rain clouds moved in so I won't get more testing done.

[LaOutbackTrail]

Figure this out?

[dave52355]

No, unfortunately. I replaced the switch checked fuses and still no buzz. Fiddling around under the dash I found a set of wires ( 3 total ) that had been cut. The truck has an after market alarm system that I suspect was tied into the door switch. Unfortunately, the previous owner had pulled the fuses because the alarm kept going off, probably because of the broken switch. I have not been able to locate the inline fuse holders and he does not remember more than " under the dash ". My last excursion under the dash ended with me wedged between the seat steering column and hand controls barely on my wheelchair. Fortunately the local paramedics are close by and were able to extract me from that rather awkward position.

Needless to say I've not ventured back under there since.

We did find the positive terminal for the battery had gone bad. No manner of tightening was going to keep it on. I replaced the terminal and a lot of our dead battery issues have been resolved.

Thanks