interior lights/ alarm

[scotth]

Need some help. My alarm will not set with the remote and my interior lights are staying on until they time out (10 or 15 minutes). I think it is a door switch somewhere but I can't find one. i have looked at every door and I can't find a switch anywhere. can somwone tell me where the switch is located or what maybe wrong if you have had the same thing happen.

[Disco Mike]

Check the hood switch first, it is common for them to get banged around and need adjustment or replacement.
Mike

[scotth]

I don't think it is the hood switch. I don't understand why the interior lights would stay on if it were the hood switch. does anyone know where the door switches are? It has to be a door switch if the lights are staying on and it will not lock.

[DiscoAmigo]

From the RAVE:

Door switches
The BCU uses the door latch switches to indicate if a door is open or closed. The BCU provides power to all door latch
switches; the switches are in the 'normally open' condition when the doors are shut. When a door is opened, the door
switch contacts are closed and the circuit is earthed, signalling a change in state to the BCU. All doors except the
driver's doors are connected in parallel, so the BCU will recognise a passenger door has been opened but will not be
able to distinguish which one. The driver's door has a dedicated signal line which enables the BCU to detect if the
driver's door has been opened or closed.
Lights on alarm
The lights on alarm in the instrument pack operates when the driver's door is open and the side lamps or headlamps
are on. The system uses inputs from the driver's door switch and the lighting switch to determine the logical conditions
that need to occur for switching on the alarm. The BCU carries out the logic operation and communicates with the
instrument pack using the serial data bus; the instrument pack will be requested to sound the alarm if the logic inputs
indicate that the driver's door is open with the lights still on.
Supply voltage is provided through the lighting switch to the IDM which acts as the signal line to indicate that the lights
are on for the logic circuits in the IDM and BCU. When the driver's door is opened, a second feed is supplied to the
BCU through the driver's door switch to indicate the condition. In this logic condition (lights on and driver's door open)
the BCU signals the instrument pack to operate the audible warning. If the lights are switched off or the driver's door
is closed the logic condition will be changed and the audible warning will be switched off.

The door switches are integrated in the door lock assembly.

[scotth]

Thanks DiscoAmigo I was afraid they were located in the latch. I am confussed about the second part lights on alarm. The only lights that are staying on are the interior lights. They will not go off until they time out. The unlock part of the system still works it just won't lock with the key remote. If I disconnect the battery it will lock if I don't open any doors. But if I open the door it starts all over again. Well I guess I have come to the conclussion that it is either the latch or the computer.