Door Ajar

The window motor supplies a body system voltage signal to the door ajar switch within the door latch, when a door is open the door ajar switch closes pulling the signal low. When the window motor detects the drop in the ajar signal circuit, it will then communicate this status to the BCM via local interconnect network (LIN) bus. The BCM communicates with the instrument cluster via serial data message. The instrument panel cluster, upon receipt of this serial data message, will illuminate the door ajar indicator and also send a serial data message to the radio to activate the door ajar audible warning when the vehicle speed is greater then 8 km/h (5 mph).