Interior light problem

[IJ.]

Nick: I knew you were messin with me !

 

[MKivSupra_Rob]

So your security light does not illuminate after locking the driver door from the outside with the key?

dont have a security light, just blank spaces where a security light could be.

 

[Jeff Lange]

1. MKivSupra_Rob is in Canada, we never had the security system in Canada, only in the USA.

2. There are lock cylinder slip-rings on both the driver's and passenger's lock cylinders in USA cars, both of them activate and deactivate the factory alarm.

I'd suggest grabbing an ohmmeter and start tracing wires, checking for correct continuity in all the systems related to the interior lighting. That's probably your best bet for finding what is up.

 

[CRE]

D'oh!

Well that'd explain a few things. Thanks Jeff.

 

[isnms]

hitting the light itself to fix it...

In the dome light assembly there's a couple of ground wires riveted...

Either punch them tighter or drill them our and wire around them and that will fix it. All the other conditions of when them come on or go off is random, coincidental. BTW if it's cold the symptoms will be worse.

 

[bigaaron]

So after 10 years of ownership and 5 cars, the fact that my rivets have never been bad is just luck huh?

I don't know 1J, how common is it?:biglaugh:

VERY common. I've personally seen it happen in at least 10 cars.