Z3 Drivers side door light and chime switch

Where is the light/chime switch located? My inside light stays on all the time and the key chime keeps going when the door is shut and the key is in the ignition.

I have the same problem since it came back from body shop. If you reach out the window while it is dinging and pull in on the door it stops, let go of door and it starts again. I have tried to adjust the switch button but no luck. The black button is on the body side where the door latches (inside the latch assembly). I can open the door with the key in the ignition and with the bell dinging and push the button and the bell stops. I just can't get enough adjustment out of the latching mechanism. I am considering super gluing a piece of rubber on the button to make it larger.

BK85

Thanks for the information, now that I know where the switch is, I see my problem and hopefully it will answer your problem as well. I noticed there is a small piece of black plastic which is around the latching post on the part mounted on the car body, this had become cracked and did not take up the needed space to make the door switch open, when I rotated the plastic the chime stopped and the light operated as it should. Hope this information helps.

I posted this in another typical post earlier.

I had the same problem with mine on the driver's door. Come to find out on mine it was the plastic latch on the inside of the door wears down on the diameter where it contacts the switch behind the post. Using aluminum roof flashing material, I made a "shim" that wraps around the backside of the post and switch so when the door shut there was enough pressure to activate the switch. As a test, turn your light on auto and push the switch button behind the post and see if your light goes off. If so, you have the same "opportunity" that I had. Good luck.

Here are some shots of my shim

Just ordered a new door striker for this exact problem - switch had worn down.

Originally Posted by SUNZOUT

Just ordered a new door striker for this exact problem - switch had worn down.

Have you removed the door striker and the plate that holds the switch button before?

When I loosen mine it feels like the backing plate that the switch plate bolts to will fall down inside of the body panel.

What have you found?

BK85

The trick is to get a longer bolt, leave the bottom tight while you take out the top , put in the longer bolt on top leaving it a bit loose. Remove the bottom bolt, swing the striker to the side, put the bottom bolt in snug to hold the plate and remove ther top bolt. YOU DO NOT want to go after a dropped plate. It will turn a minor project into a major one.

Agreed with Bob2.8. The only difference is that I didn't use a longer bolt, but took the top one out and used a piece of coat hanger type wire to hold the plate close to position. In hind sight, a longer bolt would have probably saved a little more time in the reinstall.

Simple and clever.

Thanks, good info.

BK85