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Seems a common Ranger issue is with the dome light never ever shutting off, it's actually a very easy fix.
Most will tell you to throw some penetrating oil the door switch, most cars have a peg or something similar which presses in and disconnects the switch (to turn the light off), Rangers do not.
The switch on Rangers is in the door latch itself (or right by it, I've never taken one apart). But, all you do is give the whole latch assembly a good coat of PB Blaster or WD40, give it a couple solid shuts, and your dome light shold turn itself on and off as it should.
I had this issue for years, and could not figure it out. I never posted about it fearing ridicule that I couldn't find the post switch, and in fact there never was one. Someone else eventually posted up with the issue and this was the suggested fix, I also tried it and it has worked fine since, going on almost a year now.
Most will tell you to throw some penetrating oil the door switch, most cars have a peg or something similar which presses in and disconnects the switch (to turn the light off), Rangers do not.
The switch on Rangers is in the door latch itself (or right by it, I've never taken one apart). But, all you do is give the whole latch assembly a good coat of PB Blaster or WD40, give it a couple solid shuts, and your dome light shold turn itself on and off as it should.
I had this issue for years, and could not figure it out. I never posted about it fearing ridicule that I couldn't find the post switch, and in fact there never was one. Someone else eventually posted up with the issue and this was the suggested fix, I also tried it and it has worked fine since, going on almost a year now.
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