Chrysler Repair: 1991 Chrysler New Yorker 5th. Ave., chrysler new yorker, door latch

Question
Roland,
 I have disarmed the alarm on my car.  Works, but now my dome light will not turn off.  Do you think it's because I disarmed the alarm?  Can you tell me of a way to shut it off or disconnect it?  This is a promlem when I drive at night.  Thank you so much, Crysta

Answer
Hi Crysta,
It shouldn't have anything to do with the security alarm being disarmed. There are two possibilities-
first is that one of the door "open" switched is misadjusted or the door latch on one of the door has loosened the closed door position such that the door no longer pushed the that switch in far enough. So when the dome is on when you have the car in its normal driving condition for night driving, try getting out of the car and push in on all four doors to see if one of them caused the  dome light to go out. If you find one that does, then readust the latch so it secures the door more securely.
second is that the switch for the headlamps is in the dome lamp 'on' position which you can also choose to turn 'off', but you are not aware of that. I don't have familiarity with all the ways that the headlamp switch can be rotated, but try rotating the knob when the headlamps are on to see if you can kill the dome light at one or the other end of the rotation limit of the knob.
Roland