My dome light doesn't turn off!

Bwcad1 · Post by **Bwcad1** » Tue May 08, 2007 9:08 am

Jiggle The Power Cord!

Darthness · Post by **Darthness** » Tue May 08, 2007 10:50 am

cut the power cord :P

cargodz · Post by **cargodz** » Tue May 08, 2007 1:39 pm

Could be a problem in one of the door switches too.

A college kid · Post by **A college kid** » Tue May 08, 2007 6:10 pm

Hah, cutting the power cord is about the only thing left. I sprayed the s*#& out of the door mechanisms with wd40, checked to make sure all the door sensors were operating correctly, my dome light switch is on off, and i removed the dome lightbulb and the two door lights, which solved some of the problem. Now my rear interior lights are staying on and my footwell lights are also on. Also my car doors don't automatically lock when I place the vehicle in gear, which it used to do. So I may have to take the vehicle in, I don't really get how messing with my receiver wiring harness it would screw up everything else. Thanks for the help so far, hopefully someone gets me out of this problem.

A college kid · Post by **A college kid** » Tue May 08, 2007 6:10 pm

Oh yeah...all my lights are off now because I disconnected the battery for tonight:P

High Society · Post by **High Society** » Tue May 08, 2007 8:10 pm

Ya it can be a pain like that some times...hopefully it's not to much for it to be looked at..

jonnyb · Post by **jonnyb** » Wed May 09, 2007 3:10 pm

do your door locks still function normally?
sounds like something in the dimmer switch went crazy or something in the BCM/PCM/ECU.
try popping the dimmer switch out of the dash and unplugging it. see if that does anything.

Wed May 09, 2007 3:29 pm

Do you have a DMM?
That might help troubleshoot the doorpin to verify if it's even working when you open/shut the door.

A college kid · Post by **A college kid** » Thu May 10, 2007 7:46 pm

jonnyb...the door locks work fine, except when i start the vehicle the doors used to lock, now they do not. I'll try taking out the dimmer switch, but it does still control the other lights(ex. dash gauges)that aren't messed up. chris...no i don't have a dmm but yeah, the doorpin may be a problem. Its weird because 75% of the time the lights will be on and stay on, while 1 out of 4 trips the lights will actually shut off and operate normally.

Fri May 11, 2007 4:22 am

It sounds like 1 of your door pins might not be making contact when closed (or stuck in the on position)
I have one in the car that does something like that, but will stick in off (or door closed) position.