Does anybody know how to take out the door dinger on a 98 F150 reg cab.??? It just goes off as you drive sometimes talk about a pain in the rump.

 

sure its not the beltminder?

 

My '98 didnt have the beltminder unless the person that owned it before me deactivated it. Maybe check the owners manual to see if anything about the beltminder is in there. If it is equiped with it, there will be directions on how to deactivate it.

 

Whats the belt minder?? It has Brand new crate motor in it now with 1600 miles on it. It did this before the new motor??? I just want it gone maybe a good ole 12 ga shootgun will do it. I drove from Jax Fl to Texas witht the thing going off.

 

The beltminder is a safety device that makes the dinger go off maybe every 20-30 seconds when your seatbelt isnt on. Like I said I dont think that my '98 had this but I could be wrong...I just know it never went off while I had it. Below is how to deactivate/activate it...

Beltminder

 

No I wear my sealtbelf like blood its always on. I know what happens to glass and skin they dont mix to well> Does anybody know where to locate the dinger??

 

is your door ajar light staying on, or dome lamp staying on?

 

Dome light stays on and the dinger goes off. I dont have a door ajar light I have to OJ simpson model truck stripped out with rubber mats. So you wash the blood out whe you are done. HAHAHA.

Anyway the dinger just goes off. I just want to remove it the last cars I have had you just pluck it out and its gone.

 

So your saying the dome light does stay on even after you have closed the door and when the problem occurs? If this is the case then I think the common problem is that the door switch is sticking. I believe the normal cure is to spray the switch down with WD40 real good and open and close the door to work it in. I'm not positive about the location so hopefully someone else will chime (no pun intended) in but let us know if the dome light stays on when your having the problem.

 

Yes the light stays on. ill try and spray the door switches and see if that works. or maybe just fill it with some good ole buck shot

 

Not sure how well the buck shot will work.....may I suggest a .357

A quick search for 'door switch' yielded the following plus many others which may help...

https://www.f150online.com/forums/sh...ht=door+switch

https://www.f150online.com/forums/sh...ht=door+switch

https://www.f150online.com/forums/sh...ht=door+switch

 

Thanks im spraying it with WD-40 today and trying that . If not good ole gasoline will work and burn the damn thing