Step out dash light sensor
Returning from a trip the warning light for the steps being out came on. Steps were fine. So I get under there and it looks like the part of the sensor with the wires is there but the piece that it ...
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On my step, which of course may not be anything like yours, that switch is a reed switch and the moving bit that attaches to the motor assembly to activate it is a magnet. I did have to reglue my magnet in place not too long ago, for what it's worth.
You can easily test to see if it's a reed switch by holding a magnet near it and seeing if it actuates. If it is, there's nothign particularly important about what magnet you use (provided it's of an appropriate strength--a cheap flexible fridge magnet probably wouldn't work, for instance), so it should not be too hard to figure out something that works with a bit of experimentation.
You can easily test to see if it's a reed switch by holding a magnet near it and seeing if it actuates. If it is, there's nothign particularly important about what magnet you use (provided it's of an appropriate strength--a cheap flexible fridge magnet probably wouldn't work, for instance), so it should not be too hard to figure out something that works with a bit of experimentation.
