Bad ignition switch?
Oil light on when ignition is off
So a couple days ago I noticed my oil light comes on after I shut the car off with the key out of the ignition. I can try and put the key in, cycle it, and it doesn't go back off. After a while the light does go off though. Also, it's not fully lit like when you start the car, it's dim.
It was suggested that it could be my aftermarket stereo system giving me this problem but I disconnected the ground on it and it didn't do anything for the light. I did swap clusters the day before so no I'm going to swap back and see. I've been using the cluster that I have now for over a year now without that problem so IDK what would suddenly cause it to malfunction.
Anybody have an idea to what's going on here?
It was suggested that it could be my aftermarket stereo system giving me this problem but I disconnected the ground on it and it didn't do anything for the light. I did swap clusters the day before so no I'm going to swap back and see. I've been using the cluster that I have now for over a year now without that problem so IDK what would suddenly cause it to malfunction.
Anybody have an idea to what's going on here?
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i have that,when the car isint started the oil ligth is on and when i start the car goes away??
That seems to be the general consensus. I just went out there, light was off when I got in the car, turned the key and it came on. Turned it to the accesory/ radio setting and it went away. Tried to get it to go back on and it wouldn't go. Oh well, I'll live with it for now, I can only imagine what a new lock cylinder would be from the dealer...
That's how it's supposed to act, and mine does that. But, it's when I take the key completely out of the cylinder mine still stays on.i have that,when the car isint started the oil ligth is on and when i start the car goes away??
See pages 8W-40-6 and 8W-12-8 of the '02 FSM to see why Micholob and Dan are saying ignition switch. The only way for that light to be on with the key out is for power to still be on that bus - so either ign. switch contact is remaining closed (intermittently since it's not all the time) or power otherwise being fed back onto a wire on that bus.
I see what you mean now, oil pressure switch is directly related to the light on the cluster. Where is the oil pressure switch located anyways? Passenger or drivers side?
2.7L: Passenger side....Where is the oil pressure switch located anyways? Passenger or drivers side?
3.2/3.5L: Driver's side
Uhm... see, I did have my brakes done the day before the problem started. Is it possible for some brake fluid to have been spilled on the oil pressure switch causing a short??
I don't think the problem is at the oil pressure switch (no problem there could cause the light to turn on if power is not simultaneously being to the other side of the light). If you look at the FSM pages I mentioned, for the light to come on, two things have to happen: (1) Power has to be applied from that fuse, and (2) The oil pressure switch has to be closed (or it's wire otherwise shorted to ground). (2) is satisfied anytime the engine is not running (oil presure drops to zero, switch closes). So for the light to be coming on when the ignition switch is off means that power has to be on the fuse line, which it wouldn't be unless the ignition contact (upstream of the fuse) failed to open like it is supposed to when you turned the ignition off - *OR* something is otherwise connecting voltage into that line.Uhm... see, I did have my brakes done the day before the problem started. Is it possible for some brake fluid to have been spilled on the oil pressure switch causing a short??
Just had this exact problem. Car wouldn't start, no starter engagement and oil pressure light dimly lit even after turning off car and taking key out. Then it would go out with the odometer display. I jumped the starter relay and it started. Therefore it must be the ignition switch as others have said here.
Holy flashbacks, Bill-Man!I don't think the problem is at the oil pressure switch (no problem there could cause the light to turn on if power is not simultaneously being to the other side of the light). If you look at the FSM pages I mentioned, for the light to come on, two things have to happen: (1) Power has to be applied from that fuse, and (2) The oil pressure switch has to be closed (or it's wire otherwise shorted to ground). (2) is satisfied anytime the engine is not running (oil presure drops to zero, switch closes). So for the light to be coming on when the ignition switch is off means that power has to be on the fuse line, which it wouldn't be unless the ignition contact (upstream of the fuse) failed to open like it is supposed to when you turned the ignition off - OR something is otherwise connecting voltage into that line.
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