I'm hoping that someone will rescue me from electrical hades.

Interior lights stay on, like the door is open but it is not. Have to take the roller switch to "off" for them to shut off while driving. Annoying door chimes when truck is turned off, and key in the ignition like the door is open. Annoying chimes when the key is in the ACC position like door is open, but again, it is not.

Just had some bodywork done and had the door hinges repaired. Could it be they jacked up the pin switch for the door? I'm at a loss.

Thanx, TNT

 

Sound like your door switch isn't being pressed in far enough to turn the lights off. In other words the hinge adjustments probably affected the door making contact with the switch. So even though the door is closed, your switch says it's open. That's why you are getting the chime when you have the key in the ignition, and the lights are on all the time.
On my truck i pulled out the switch and disconnected the wires and replaced the switch. Now the lights stay off all the time and i NEVER hear the chime (useless safety feature). If i want the lights on i turn them on manually, other than that i don't need the lights on when i open the door.

 

Thanks Chainsaw! You know, i thought about that but kept thinking that there's no way they could have made an adjustment that big. I was wrong. I took a cable tie mounting pad and stuck it to the pin striker and it worked fine.

Thanks for talking some sense into me!

Tom

 

No problem

 

That switch is adjustable.
I had propped a stick in mine at the beach once so I could hear the stereo. My wife tried to close the door but didn't pull the stick. I taped a piece of cardboard on the door until I figured out how to fix it.
I can't remember for sure but I thought I could just grab the end of the pin and pull out on it. I just went out to my truck to try it and it didn't budge. It might pull out with pliers I just can't remember for sure. It kind of clicks out a little at a time thus making the pin longer. Then when you close the door it kills the light.

 

Ok Curiosity was killing me so I went out and tried to pull the button with a door panel tool.I just ended up pulling the switch out. I looked it over for a bit and it appears that the body of the switch is where the adjustment needs to be.
It's ribbed where it would click together. I'm thinking collapsing the body is the way to go. (don't push on the pin its self)
I believe what this will do is compress the spring on the inside thus allowing the pin to put more pressure on one side of the contact pushing it away from the other side. If that makes since. Now that I think about it I believe that I took a block of wood and drilled a hole in it for the pin to slip through allowing the body of the switch to rest on the wood. I then rested another block of wood on the connector side of the switch and taped it "LIGHTLY" with a small hammer. This collapsed made the body shorter thus extending the pin outward toward the door.
When you re-install the switch you'll want to close the door slowly. The clicking will sound like your breaking the switch. That's the self adjustment.
A little disclaimer;
It's been several yrs since I've done this and I've slept and drank since then so my memory may not be exact but I believe that was the way I fixed mine.
Oh be sure to tie off the wiring harness. I had a heck of a time fishing it back out of the body of the truck.