Dorman901-351 Door Ajar Switch Compatible with Select Ford / Lincoln / Mercury Models

Dorman did their job! As usual, this Dorman product is excellent and a perfect replacement part at a much better price compared to OEM Ford parts.I gave just 3 Stars for Easy to Install since we are, in fact, dealing with a Ford. I typically find many jobs that 'could' have been simple, are over-engineered and therefore a bit trickery than they should be.That is precisely the case with this replacement.Getting to the part is easy. The door panel easily lifts straight up after removing the window/mirror switch armrest part and then removing two 7mm screws.Then the fun begins. I had to remove the three 27mm star screws at the rear edge of the door that hold the actual door latch in place on the door. Then I tried to manuever the door latch within the confines of the door cavity which was hampered by the door window track rail and some locking rods that attached to the latch. I removed the one rod that went to the manual lock knob.According to everything my research found, it should have been a simple counter-clockwise 1/2 turn to remove the old switch. But, regardless of how hard I tried it would not budge. THIS is when you worry about breaking OTHER parts that you weren't intending on replacing but now are faced with having to replace!Thankfully, I FINALLY got the old switch to move! I'd already unplugged it so it dropped free into my waiting hand.A little tab on the body of the switch was the only part that broke. No harm done, but what a pain.The new switch fit into place and locked into place pretty easily. Plug the connector into it, replace the threw 27mm star screws and I was ready to put the door back together.This job 'should' have taken me about 15 minutes, but ended up more like 30. Oh well.The switch works! I was replacing it because I did not like that the interior lights weren't coming on when you opened the driver's door. A safety issue for anyone driving the truck. In addition, that switch alerts you to the door not fully closed, and the key still in the ignition (Helps to prevent you from locking your keys in the vehicle).

Direct replacement fit. It takes a bit of effort to replace, but easy enough for a shade tree mechanic.

Nice working

This product was for my 06 ford explorer right door. This did not fix my problem. It worked in reverse for some reason. When the door was open it showed that the door was closed. When the door was closed it showed is as open. I tried more than 1 of these and had the same results. I went to junk yard and pulled one off of junkies explorer and it fixed my problem with the door ajar alway saying the door was open.

Product as advertised

Despite all the negative reviews.. this is a 30 minute job. The OEM is plastic, this is of same quality. Remove door panel, then the door handle, and then unbolt the latch assembly. Replace the switch through the door handle opening. Done. For me, truck wouldn’t recognize door being opened or shut. Truck believed it was shut at all times. Solved the problem with this $12 part. Rather then spending $60 on the entire latch assembly. Skip the YouTube video, its 1 torx bit, a 7mm and 11mm socket.

Didn’t work for me but maybe it will for you. I was sure it was the driver door sensor that was bad. It’s either a different door sensor that is bad or the sensor they sent was damaged when the driver tossed it over my locked gate into my yard where my dogs were barking at him right before they ripped the box to shreds. What kind of person throws a package to barking dogs? I found the sensor on the ground in my yard out of the packaging. Hard to use process of elimination for my issue at this point. It’s not the seller’s fault but the Amazon driver. When I ordered the sensor it said it would be delivered Monday. It came 3 days early on Friday. I wouldn’t have even known it was delivered if I hadn’t found this small piece of the Dorman box on the ground this morning. I’ve told them time and time again to leave my packages outside of my gate. Despite the delivery issue, the product fit perfectly on my 2005 F250 XLT 6.0

perfect fit, took care of the failed part