NEED HELP RANGER DOOR ISSUE

[06DangerRanger]

Hey all first time posting on a forum so here I go haha I own a 2006 ford ranger 4.0L 4wd manual and I'm having an issue. Today I changed my doors and rear doors with my parts truck that my father uses to plow it is the same exact truck except automatic and 2008. Everything went well and it was a little annoying to line up stuff but went good. I have an issue as when I installed the rear doors on each truck as we essentially switched because mine are rotten and he just uses the truck to plow, when re plugging the sensor/speaker in my dome light is acting funny and my speaker does not work. When I close the rear door the dome light will stay on even though in the old truck it never did and even in my truck it never did. Also with my key out of the ignition the speaker in the rear makes a popping buzzing noise until I turn the key ahead and back. I also noticed my dome light when the door is open kicks off after about 30 seconds and I hear a click as it happens. I thought maybe it was just a fluke but it's happening in both trucks and all I did was swap the doors. Sorry about the long post but I'd appreciate the help! Thanks in advance!

 

[bobbywalter]

Sounds like it may want resets on Modules...or you plugged in stuff backwards.

 

[06DangerRanger]

Sounds like it may want resets on Modules...or you plugged in stuff backwards.

How would i go about resetting the modules? And I thought so too but it was only one plug and only goes in one way. Would just disconnecting the battery and reconnecting be a simple enough reset?

 

[1990RangerinSK]

Hey all first time posting on a forum so here I go haha I own a 2006 ford ranger 4.0L 4wd manual and I'm having an issue. Today I changed my doors and rear doors with my parts truck that my father uses to plow it is the same exact truck except automatic and 2008. Everything went well and it was a little annoying to line up stuff but went good. I have an issue as when I installed the rear doors on each truck as we essentially switched because mine are rotten and he just uses the truck to plow, when re plugging the sensor/speaker in my dome light is acting funny and my speaker does not work. When I close the rear door the dome light will stay on even though in the old truck it never did and even in my truck it never did. Also with my key out of the ignition the speaker in the rear makes a popping buzzing noise until I turn the key ahead and back. I also noticed my dome light when the door is open kicks off after about 30 seconds and I hear a click as it happens. I thought maybe it was just a fluke but it's happening in both trucks and all I did was swap the doors. Sorry about the long post but I'd appreciate the help! Thanks in advance!

Are you sure you put the doors on the right way, in the right place?

 

[bobbywalter]

Not sure on 06 and 08 on the systems.

Look up forscan.


x tool d 7


or x tool d8

 

[06DangerRanger]

Are you sure you put the doors on the right way, in the right place?

Yeah they only go in one spot and i lined them up to where they sat before. Everything latches correctly as well.

 

[holyford86]

there may be differences in wiring from year to year, may want to swap the door harnesses

 

[06DangerRanger]

Possibly but according to my research from 03-11 everything remained the same. and the front doors work no problem speakers and door latch. The rear my speaker has stopped working and had worked before. My dome light will stay on then about 30 seconds later the dome light goes out (with the doors open) then the speaker kicks on and buzzes but does not work. This all seems to be tied to the wire I unplugged behind the rear seat I keep testing it with a circuit tester and there is no power. All wiring is fine and nothing is grounding out. I figured maybe it was just a blown speaker and the latch but it is doing it on the truck i swapped doors with as well. Really stumped here.

 

[06DangerRanger]

there may be differences in wiring from year to year, may want to swap the door harnesses

Scratch my previous reply you were right sir! I swapped the wiring harness and got the stereo and dome light working correctly in my dads plow truck! Only thing is when I went to remove the harness from the doors I took the harness was unplugged from the latch and taped up. Scratching my head wondering why I removed the latch to find that the plug in is completely gone. It must've been broken and they haven't bothered to fix it. Now to find one of those!

 

[1990RangerinSK]

Yeah they only go in one spot and i lined them up to where they sat before. Everything latches correctly as well.

I used to do troubleshooting for AT&T Wireless customers. The general rule was all possible solutions are fair game.

 

[scotts90ranger]

Ford likes to do this fun thing where they use the same connectors for stuff but rearrange the pinout from year to year... I learned this the hard way when I did my chassis swap years ago, '89 frame, early '90 (made in '89) body but between the two they got rid of the neutral switch on the trans and changed the pinout to the connector under the hood that goes to the fuel pump, fuel gauge and tail lights... the fuel pump worked, fuel gauge didn't and tail lights didn't until I cut/spliced things correctly. And of course me being young and dumb I was still in college or something and drove it around for a little bit without brake lights, somehow avoided getting pulled over I think...

 

[bobbywalter]

Ford likes to do this fun thing where they use the same connectors for stuff but rearrange the pinout from year to year... I learned this the hard way when I did my chassis swap years ago, '89 frame, early '90 (made in '89) body but between the two they got rid of the neutral switch on the trans and changed the pinout to the connector under the hood that goes to the fuel pump, fuel gauge and tail lights... the fuel pump worked, fuel gauge didn't and tail lights didn't until I cut/spliced things correctly. And of course me being young and dumb I was still in college or something and drove it around for a little bit without brake lights, somehow avoided getting pulled over I think...

Yeah...they don't have modules according to the diagrams I am looking at. No bus from the doors 06....but not factory manuals either. Book goes to 11 and no speaker or dome stuff at all

 

[Eddo Rogue]

I used to do troubleshooting for AT&T Wireless customers. The general rule was all possible solutions are fair game.

I heard 99% of computer problems is the user.

 

[1990RangerinSK]

I heard 99% of computer problems is the user.

That's not actually true. Although, I had one customer calling with a problem with her phone.....

She called in and reported that her phone screen was black. She said that when she plugged the phone in, a picture of a battery appeared on the screen.​

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I asked her to power cycle the phone (turn it off, wait a few seconds, then turn it back on). That was always our first troubleshooting step, because sometimes the phone just needs to reset. She presses the power button, and suddenly the whole screen lights up. The phone had been turned off. She'd had it for (I forget how long) and never turned it off.​

That was probably the best troubleshooting call I ever did. And, like I say, it's why the first troubleshooting step is to turn it off, and turn it back on.