Radio and interior lights won't turn off...

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ivin74

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Not sure if anyone else has had this issue but here's my problem and how I fixed it. I couldn't find anything online about this so hopefully this will help someone else out!

I drive a 2004 z71 Tahoe. I noticed that upon removing the key from the ignition then opening the driver door that the radio would continue playing music and the interior lights would not turn off. I would have to get out, close the door, open the door and then close it again for the anything to turn off. When I would open the driver door the interior lights would not come on. The door ajar warning wouldn't react... etc.

After looking over some wiring schematics I narrowed the root of the issue down to a component of drivers door latch assembly, the mini wedge switch. This door switch is an input to the BCM telling it that hey I'm open or hey I'm closed.

I removed the drivers door latch assembly which has three harness connectors that plug into it. The connector with the dark blue and grey/blk wiring is for the mini wedge switch. I disassembled the latch assembly and quickly realized the root of my issue.

Here is the complete latch assembly
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Remove the metal strap from the top and the two small screws closest to the top
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Pop free the yellow arm
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Seperate the the two pieces
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Remove the white plastics backing plate
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...continued.



My truck just started doing the samething, i'm going to do the same fix. Great write up M1 gunner
 
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I did the mod and my door lights are working again. Please be extremely gentle with removing the gear cover, i used a utility knife to cut thru the glue.

Awesome! Glad this helped and yeah you gotta be very gently with some of the pieces pieces process!
 

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Thanks for the write up! I have been needing to fix this for a few months. I had already bought a used latch $50 on ebay before reading this so I cleaned and used that one. Now I got a spare. Oh well.
 

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