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ninjadust

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i was messing around in the boot and i noticed that my interior boot light wasnt on, so i popped the cover and noticed that the bulb wasnt plugged in, so i plugged it in.. it worked fine....

i few weeks later i noticed the same thing, looks like the bulb got loose and came out, so i just pluged it back in..... this time it sparked and went dead... i blew the bulb... :)

so i get another bulb plug it in and nothing.... i go in the cabin and my interior lights dont come on... in stead the light around the ignition seems to be simulating the interior light..... ie if i put the switch on the roof to ON/OFF or DOOR the light around the ignition key hole responds accordingly...... weird huh!?!? :confused:

anyways... i check the fuses, all of them.... the fuses in the engine bay the fuses under the the steering wheel and the fuses in the boot...... ALL OF THE FUSES ARE OK

now im stuck :looney: what can i do to fix the interior light... everything else in the car is working fine x-cept for when i open and close the doors, I WANT TO SEE THE LIGHT!?!?!?!i want my map lights to work again..... :confused:

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Right had this before.

You've got a short. ( Don't say err derr yet)

Measure the fuses related to the tail lights and interior and boot lights. You may find that they don't look blown but are open circuit. These are found under the dash on the drivers side as blade type fuses.

Let me know how it goes there are a few other things that will need to be checked.

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ummm....

ok so i need a multi meter for this dont i ???...

do i need to make sure that the ohm reading matches what it should be??? is that what u mean??? :confused:

how will i know if/where the short is?? correct me if im wrong, but if its an open circuit, the ohm reading would be infinite, right!?!?!? :confused:

thanks puckish

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Swap the fuse... but first remove the boot light that caused all this trouble in the first place.

To remove it the fuse box lid has a small set of removers that work like a pair of tweezers. They should be made of black plastic. If you don't have them you can remove the fuse with some long nose pliers .. just be real careful not to press to hard or half the fuse will be stuck in the holder!

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