I switched the bulbs in the two front doors and front kick panels to LED's.

I must have fudged something up because the door ajar light wont go away and i cant lock the car with remote....

Checked most of the fuses cant think of anything else.

 

on the passenger kick panel, check all fuses.

 

Ill have to check each one by one, i check the ones that said door on them.

Where is the Door ecu?

 

Checked all fuses still nothing....man this is annoying...any9one else have ideas...

 

Ok so if the sensor that senses door open/closed isnt working the courtesy light woulnt turn on right?

All the courtesy lights DO turn on with their respective doors are open.

Man this is fustrating!!!!

 

Never mind the courtesy lights and dome lights stay on when all the doors are closed/locked...Im stumped

 

OK so wtf....

I dont think its the door ecu because all the locks work and the windows work.

The only things that dont work is the Front passenger door courtesy light, and the car thinks the doors are open.

 

try disconnecting your battery and then reconnecting it

 

Yea that's one of the first things I tried. No effect its gotta be something shorted out in the door panel, or the.courtesy light would work ? Right ?

 

did you remove the door panel at any time during all this?

 

No I didn't remove the door panel.

The courtesy light worked before, then while installing the bulb in the socket I accidentally bent the contacts within the socket ( passenger door) with the bulb while pushing in between the connections. So I straightened out the barbs and it wont work with any bulb now. so I'm thinking that fried the socket and whatever that is connected to.

I expected to find a blown fuse somewhere, but I cannot.

So maybe that courtesy light socket is wired into the door sensor and where both fried?

All other functions work. All the other door lights work as expected. All the map lights and dome lights also work.

 

Not sure if you can remove the light housing without removing the panel but you if you can disconnect the plug and check the voltage. Or check the voltage at the bent prongs. see if there is any. check the resistance to see if there is a short. (without bulb plugged in or power going to it)

 

Yea I guess I have to decide whether I want to go buy a multi meter and trouble shoot myself or pay someone to do it. A Toyota dealer in my area wants 130... Lol turn out to be expensive LEDs !

 

you can get a multimeter for 15 bucks

 

Lol that's true, I guess it should be to hard to figure out since I have the shop manual on my computer. Taking the door panel off and testing the door ecu and lock sensor would be a good place to start ?