96 Ford Taurus Interior Lights Stay On. If your interior lights used to stay on for a while after closing your doors then there is probably some kind of timer module in the circuit. One of you door switches is not operating.
The door ajar light and interior light stay on in most cases because you have a dirty and or sticking door ajar switch mounted on the inside door latch in some cases you can take some WD 40 and try spraying a very liberal amount into each door latch and try opening and closing the doors a few dozen times and in some cases this will free them up. 1999 Ford Taurus Interior Light Stays On. Try opening each door when its not acting up.
Also the handles stay up when you open the vehicle and in order to close the doors you have to push the handles down.
The dome light in my Mothers 1996 Ford Taurus stays on even after shutting the door so we had to disconnect it. When the lights stay on for a long time they could drain the battery and make Your car be unable to start so always keep an eye on them to make sure that they turn off automatically like they should. In this position the dome light stays on even when the car is off and all doors are shut. Key chimes after parking and door ajar lite on when problem is acting up.