really need some help

[TONYH]

drivers door closes fine but interior light stays on and door will not lock - car obviously thinks the door is still open. got the panel off and wd40 on all connectors - question is: there is a magnet on the body and a bolt on the door which seem to make the connection - this has two blue wires to it is there a way of getting around this connection as a quick fix - if it starts raining i am in trouble!

[Byff]

Is the magnet aligned correctly and is it sticking far enough out to make contact with the plate?

If it is, then i'm afraid i'm stumped. Don't know what the consequences would be if you just shorted out the blue wires to each other.

[TONYH]

pulled the magnet off - there doesnt seem to be anything behind - stuck it back on again and ran a wire from the door bolt to the magnet - made no difference. once read that there is a control box in the boot for the alarm but am unsure where that is or if it is associated.

[VYT]

Sounds like a Hall Effect Sensor, (proximity switch). Either the sensor is dead, (maybe a connection fault), or it is not close enough to the magnet on the body, (quite likely). You could try adjusting the "bolt". I don't know what output the sensor should give but I would have thought it just acts as an on / off switch.
If you have access to a volt meter you could check the operation of the sensor by putting the meter in parallel with the sensor and waving a magnet around in front of the sensor to see if it is switching. You should see 0V then 5V or 12V as the magnet is moved toward then away from the sensor. 5V or 12V because some of the logic on the Cerbera is 5V as I found out when sorting the steering wheel buttons.
I would not advocate shorting the wires even if it did work to close the window as that is negating at least part of the door safety...... iffy

[TONYH]

many thanks for the replies - I have pulled the blue wires from their connections, disconnectin gone of them sends the window up to the top but I cannot see why the magnet needs to be a magnet and not just a piece of metal to complete the circuit - however I managed to get the window up so at least I can use it - i will try to get a replacement switch and put that in to see if it fixes it. From doing a search on magnets, it seems that this is a common problem although no one is saying how to fix it - like everything else, every car seems to be different.