On Thursday evening (30 June) the 1996 5.0 Ranger started making a small sound like Morse code beeping. Tracked it down to the door open buzzer not working anymore but making a weird clicking sound. If I turned the key off it quit, next morning drove it to work and only had wipers if the key was in acc and I slam the door. The sound continued with key out so I disconnected the battery cable.

A brief history of truck, 3rd owner-first two in same family 1996-2018. Engine got tired and I thought it a good candidate for 5.0 swap. Truck is plain Jane XLT, straight steering column/no angle. No rust but now has a small deer collision to deal with.

The door ajar dash light stays on, ever since I purchased it and door chime worked before Thursday when key left in switch or head lights on. Key would come out at any position and actually locking the switch with key out was a serious effort but would work.

I replaced the key tumbler and lock up issue solved but Morse code sound still there until key removed and NO wipers with key on. Right now, no wipers at all, yet. Maybe I haven’t slammed door hard enough???

Is this a multi switch problem on the left side of steering column? I hate to throw parts at something but the key switch was bad anyway.