Door sensors not working - Toyota Nation Forum : Toyota Car and Truck Forums

DftMachine · 01-06-2011, 11:29 PM

So when I open the door, everything happens the way it's supposed to: the door ajar light turns on in the dash and the dome light turns on.
But sometimes, the light in the dash turns off after a few seconds even though the door is open. Where are the sensors in the door?
Car is 05 LE

Asteroid · 01-07-2011, 04:40 AM

The door switch is on the bottom corner of the door opening, towards the centre of the car, facing outwards. You will need a torx bit to remove it.

XV40 · 02-27-2011, 09:32 PM

bump. Unfortunately, I'm experiencing the same issues as DftMachine. I've gone ahead and unscrewed the door switch, but that's as much as I could do. I could not remove the switch assembly itself, nor the rubber covering to just wd40 it. Any thoughts on what I should do?

Asteroid · 03-05-2011, 02:28 AM

I had a similar problem with the driver's door switch, where it would intermittently fail to close the contact with the door open. As a result the auto off headlights would occasionally fail to work.

From memory the switch itself was cheap as, around AU$13? Just change it if in doubt.