Strange Electrical Problem

Shorting across the wires between the door/dome light wires and the radio/rear hatch wires

just my guess

rhys

check for a loose ground, having no ground does some wierd things sometimes, i was installing a cd player the other day and forgot to hook up the ground to it, when i would turn on my headlights the cd player would turn on with the key on off....

Someone snuck up and rewired the radio so it blast noise when doors open. A cheap alarm.

From the age of the vehicle you might consider the how many of times the door opened and closed. I would guess considerable. With all that opening and closing things may loosen up over time. Now with the freedom to move around it could create the opportunity where wires could develop bare wire spots from the insulation rubbing away against something.

Depending on the wire's function, it could lower the voltage to radio and other areas to stop their normal operation when it comes into contact with something it shouldn't.

Inspect the wiring harness to see if it reveals anything like that.

fuses are intact, but you do have a blown fuse or your loosing ground. check the cig. lighter? or maybe something like a penney in the lighter assy. hope this helps you..

I'd almost bet you're losing ground. In modern vehicles, the fact that you're screwed to metal doesn't always mean you have electrical ground.

I agree with the bad ground situation. Check on wiring diagram and see where the grounds are and then check to see if they are corroded or loose. I have two problems solved by loose grounds