Interior Light Not Turning Off?

[Tony de Wonderful]

Stays on with slight flickering. The door ajar lights goes off though when I shut the door. If I press the switch near the door stop it doesn't make the light go out either.

Light goes out if I move the switch to the right like it is supposed to.

[mad082]

ok since it is a bit hard to work out your knowledge of the light from your post, i'm going to be pretty blunt about it and i don't mean this to sound rude or anything, so don't take it that way.

what setting are you putting the light on to get the light to come on? there are 3 settings in the light, on, door and off. generally off will be all the way to one end, door will be in the middle and on will be at the other end. if you are simply moving it from one extreme to the other then you are missing out the door function in the middle which is when the light goes out if you shut the door.

if you are putting it on the right setting and both door and on are making the light stay on regaurdless of where the door is then i'm guessing there is a short in the wiring. i doubt it would be in the door switch as that is making the dash light go off and they generally work off the same circtuit. i would guess that the terminal in the light swith itself is dodgy and shorting it out. pop the cover off the light and have a look. you may even have to unscrew the light from the roof depending on the terminal setup as some have the contact on the rear.

[Tony de Wonderful]

ok since it is a bit hard to work out your knowledge of the light from your post, i'm going to be pretty blunt about it and i don't mean this to sound rude or anything, so don't take it that way.

what setting are you putting the light on to get the light to come on? there are 3 settings in the light, on, door and off. generally off will be all the way to one end, door will be in the middle and on will be at the other end. if you are simply moving it from one extreme to the other then you are missing out the door function in the middle which is when the light goes out if you shut the door.

if you are putting it on the right setting and both door and on are making the light stay on regaurdless of where the door is then i'm guessing there is a short in the wiring. i doubt it would be in the door switch as that is making the dash light go off and they generally work off the same circtuit. i would guess that the terminal in the light swith itself is dodgy and shorting it out. pop the cover off the light and have a look. you may even have to unscrew the light from the roof depending on the terminal setup as some have the contact on the rear.

Oh Hai.

Yes I know about the three positions. I had my switch in the middle (that is door?) position where it has been all the time. If I move it to 'off' it does indeed go off but with the 'door' setting it just stays on regardless of the doors being shut or open.

Does that make sense?

Yep will have look at the light switch, that sounds like the best thing to do given what you say.

Cheers

[mad082]

ok cool. just making sure you realised there was 3 positions, or weren't having a brain failure.

just fo shits and giggles try it on the 'on' location and see if that does anything. may possibly be that the switched was bumped to the middle from the side and that's why it has started staying on.

but it isn't hard to look at the light switch and suss out if something is going on.

[gotRICE?]

It doesnt go off straight away after you shut the door. Takes 4-5 seconds, or, if you turn the key to ignition, or if you lock the car with your alarm remote.

[Tony de Wonderful]

It doesnt go off straight away after you shut the door. Takes 4-5 seconds, or, if you turn the key to ignition, or if you lock the car with your alarm remote.

Nah it's staying on forever.

[gotRICE?]

Hmm.. that is odd.

IR Stumped.

[Bozz]

Do you have an alarm installed? They might have linked the boot light up with the interior light, many dodgy installers do that. A cheap install could also have shorted the door sensor wire leaving it on all the time.

If not, unscrew both door switches. They're held in with one large phillips head screw under the cap. If it goes off after unscrewing one or hte other, you know theres a short nearby.

Otherwise it could be the body computer that controls the interior light/delay etc.

Edited January 16, 2010 by Bozz