1998 Windstar door bell is killing me!

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This old Bob - 23 Mar 2006 06:50 GMT

In wet weather it gives us a break, but when it's dry it consistently ding,
ding, dings, any time we are under 20 MPH, including stopped at a light.
We've tried without success to figure out which door might have a bad
sensor. Any ideas? Summer is coming and I'd really like to "disconnect" the
bell!

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Backyard Mechanic - 23 Mar 2006 12:22 GMT

> In wet weather it gives us a break, but when it's dry it consistently
> ding, ding, dings, any time we are under 20 MPH, including stopped at
> a light. We've tried without success to figure out which door might
> have a bad sensor. Any ideas? Summer is coming and I'd really like to
> "disconnect" the bell!

Is it JUST the alarm?

No door ajar lite?

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Jim Warman - 23 Mar 2006 15:31 GMT

One way he can tell is to compare the sound... If the chime he hears when
driving is different from the door chime he usually hears, another module
could be trying to signal that it's visual warming device is faulty. Both
ABS and SRS can do this.

If this is indeed the door ajar warning, it will usually be associated with
odd interior light behaviour as well as an illuminated door ajar lamp.

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GMach3 - 24 Mar 2006 02:21 GMT

I had nearly the same problem on my 98 Windstar, but my interior lights
stayed on and the chime dinged whenever it rained - sorta like arthritis.

WD-40 did the trick. I used it liberally on the latch mechanism.

> In wet weather it gives us a break, but when it's dry it consistently
> ding, ding, dings, any time we are under 20 MPH, including stopped at a
> light. We've tried without success to figure out which door might have a
> bad sensor. Any ideas? Summer is coming and I'd really like to
> "disconnect" the bell!

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