[mfr4586]

Alright guys ive got an aggrivating dinging like i left the lights on or the key in the ignition when i open the door without the truck running. lights are off and key out of the ignition !! its driving me crazy any thoughts?

 

[GrampyJim]

Most likely culprit is the "key in sense" brush... these are small and rather fragile..... They usually don't break without some "outside help".

 

[klhansen]

Sounds like there's something wrong in one of the switches (possibly the key-in-igntion switch) like Grampy_Jim suggested.

To silence the key-in-ignition dinger, you can pull the black/pink wire out of the 6-pin connector just to the right of the steering column under the instrument panel. That won't take care of the headlight dinger though.

You might be able to pull the white/red wire loose from the headlight switch plug, but I haven't tried that.

For the seatbelt dinger, you can just unplug the connector under the driver's seat.

On edit: Not sure this will work on an 01 truck. If it has a GEM, it should work.

 

[ryaneverk2]

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You might be able to pull the white/red wire loose from the headlight switch plug, but I haven't tried that.

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That is correct... to disable the lights-on dinger (if that's what the problem is in this case) you can pull the hadlight switch and cut or disconnect the white with red tracer wire. Works great! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[mfr4586]

thanks for the help guys it has been drivin me nuts!!!! ill let ya know if it works!

 

[444turbodiesel]

It won't, it's your ignition switch.
The lights on dinger is faster.

I just trip the door latch with a pen (or 1/4" ratchet extension which is usually in use) when I'm working on the truck.