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Dome lights not working-need suggestions

I drove my car last night after dark and noticed the dome lights were not working in any switch position.
Today I checked and there is no power to the lights.
The glove box light works and everything else works, well the buzzer doesn't work, don't know if it has ever worked since I have owned the car (1 year)
The fuse is good and I'm getting power on the back side of the fuse so the connection are good.
The bulbs are good.
The ground at the light is good when I check to body ground.
I read a previous post about the lights going thru the buzzer relay! Any truth?
Any suggestions?
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Old 11-06-2005, 02:53 PM
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Have you checked the door switches? They are succeptable to corrosion. Mine were badly corroded and one of them broke apart as soon as I took it out. You might try cleaning them, but they're pretty cheap to replace.
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I have not checked door switches, I would think they should still work manually, even if the door switch is bad.
Thanks for the input.
I will look at them just tonight.
Thanks again.
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Problem solved

After two hours of trouble shooting I found that the dome lights have a connection (red dot) near the hood shock area.
Someone had disconnected the connection thinking it was for the heated washer nozzles. That someone was me. Plugged it back in and all works well.
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"I drove my car last night after dark and noticed the dome lights were not working in any switch position." - dmt-n-jax -

"Have you checked the door switches?" - Wavey -

"I have not checked door switches, I would think they should still work manually, even if the door switch is bad." - dmt-n-jax -

Wavey needs to stick with car polishing problems!
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For those of you unfamiliar with Loren, here's the deal: Loren has a big boner about performance chips - he hates them, especially those from one particular supplier. Occasionally someone will post a question about chips, and Loren will chime in and make a complete a$$ of himself. Do a search on his screen name, you'll see what I mean. It then turns into a World-against-Loren situation, and when he's finally backed into a corner he starts stalking (ie this thread and another one) the people who call him out . That's what is going on here, and the purpose of his post above. This behavior has gotten him banned from this BB in the past, yet he continues on this self-destructive path. One can only hope he's ultimately successful some day.

BTW, there's a $100 challenge on the table to prove his ridiculous allegations about chips, and he is unable to meet the challenge. Hence this current round of stalking me.

What a guy! At least he has some entertainment value.

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