Title pretty much says it all. I have no dome light (in any switch position) and I have no gauge red warning light when the e-brake is pulled. Could these be related or (un)connected somehow?
Full Version: No Dome Light, No e-brake warning light. Related?
Might be a blown fuse, both of those are fed by fuse 11 in the fuse panel. (With fuse 1 being on the left, fuse 12 being on the right.)
Are your turn signals/hazard lights affected as well?
Are your turn signals/hazard lights affected as well?
Good call. I’ll check fuses as I am just starting to investigate but hazards and turn signals operate fine...
Dome light door switches are pretty finicky. Pull them out and clean the contracts.
QUOTE(Coondog @ May 25 2019, 07:35 PM) 
Dome light door switches are pretty finicky. Pull them out and clean the contracts.
Ok. And I have confirmed that the dome lamp is good - just not when it’s in my car.... it sure about the brake warning lamp but all others in the gauges work.
The black wire to the light should have power at all times. Does it?
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I’ll check it!
Update:
Fuse at position 11 checked ok. I ran a line direct from the positive side of the battery to the light (at the black/red connection) and confirmed that it worked as intended. So...I wondered if the connections under the passenger seat had something to do with this...this is what I found:
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I connected the black and blk/red wires and now the interior light works as intended. BUT - I also found the clear plastic connector with a connection that appears to be broken off. This connector is to a bundle of black wires that leads into the larger relay.
So I'm wondering....should the blk+blk/red have been connected along with this bunch? Just wondering since my e-brake warning light is still not functional and i know this bundle under the passenger seat all interconnects with that sort of stuff.
Progress....progress....thanks for all the input!
(edit: explanation - I connected the blk and blk/red wires because they "looked like they belonged together" as they were bare ends and just laying there. But now that I think about it, I'm betting they came out of that clear plastic connector and had just pulled out...but didn't want to connect a line with 12v on it to other wires without really knowing what's up...)
Fuse at position 11 checked ok. I ran a line direct from the positive side of the battery to the light (at the black/red connection) and confirmed that it worked as intended. So...I wondered if the connections under the passenger seat had something to do with this...this is what I found:
Click to view attachment
I connected the black and blk/red wires and now the interior light works as intended. BUT - I also found the clear plastic connector with a connection that appears to be broken off. This connector is to a bundle of black wires that leads into the larger relay.
So I'm wondering....should the blk+blk/red have been connected along with this bunch? Just wondering since my e-brake warning light is still not functional and i know this bundle under the passenger seat all interconnects with that sort of stuff.
Progress....progress....thanks for all the input!
(edit: explanation - I connected the blk and blk/red wires because they "looked like they belonged together" as they were bare ends and just laying there. But now that I think about it, I'm betting they came out of that clear plastic connector and had just pulled out...but didn't want to connect a line with 12v on it to other wires without really knowing what's up...)
a-HA! In sorting through other posts here, I have discovered a picture posted by @JeffBowlsby confirms my hunch! The blk and the blk/red lines DO belong - together - in the end of the clear plastic connector.
I'm going to be away from the car for a few weeks but will make this connection asap. Hopefully, this will re-engage the e-brake warning flasher.
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I'm going to be away from the car for a few weeks but will make this connection asap. Hopefully, this will re-engage the e-brake warning flasher.
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