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Old Oct 31, 2007 | 03:55 PM
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All the interior lights are out but...

...none of the fuses look blown.

About a month ago I had to put my battery on one of those quick chargers and since then none of my interior lights (vanity's on the mirrors and the dome lights) are working.

Just had the opportunity to go out now and check the fuses, and none of the look blown at all.


What gives? I can see if one of the lights burned out, but all of them at the same time while I was charging? I don't think so.

I tried another bulb in the dome light and it still didn't work.

Do any of you have any ideas? Which fuse in the box is the one that would control those? I'll try and swap that out and see if it helps.
 
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Old Oct 31, 2007 | 04:21 PM
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there are two boxes. one in car one outside. make sure to check both. chances are it's one fuse that control all of the accessories.
 
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Old Oct 31, 2007 | 04:27 PM
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There's actually a third fuse box, behind the car battery. You have to remove your battery to get to it. If the fuses in the first 2 boxes look fine, you can look at the third box. I doubt that the fuse would be in there but you'd never know. Good luck.
 
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Old Oct 31, 2007 | 04:57 PM
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Thanks for the tidbit about the second box, didn't know that!

Just checked all of those and they are all good as well. Whats going on????

The trunk light, mirror, instruments all work, just not the map or vanity lights.

Help!
 
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Old Oct 31, 2007 | 05:06 PM
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replace all 3 bulbs in it. chances are they run on a single circuit though not likely.
 
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Old Oct 31, 2007 | 05:22 PM
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replace the map lights and the vanity's? You think they all blew @ the same time while charging? Thats one hell of a coincidence!
 
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Old Nov 2, 2007 | 10:36 AM
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Anyone else???
 
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Old Nov 13, 2007 | 06:58 PM
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Well i'm in So Cali and this past weekend my battery died for no apparent reason! Therefore a frustrated charging was required. After my first initial charge, just like RIG35GUY situation, all my interior lights were off line. Checked all the fuses in the door side fuse box #1 and all the fuses in fuses box #2 in front of the battery. Didn't know that there were a third fuses box behind the battery itself. BUt its also kinda strange that all the fuses for the different components of the car is distributed across the car. There is no single fuse box that you can diagnose and easily replace . Anyhow... still a little frustrated at trying to find this dumb interior light fuses. Can someone please find a solution to this problem...
 
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Old Nov 13, 2007 | 11:46 PM
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maybe a stupid answer but is your switch below the sunroof on or off?
 
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Old Nov 14, 2007 | 07:36 PM
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Originally Posted by slobo7x
maybe a stupid answer but is your switch below the sunroof on or off?
Yeah tried switching it on and off! No luck
 
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Old Dec 26, 2007 | 10:30 PM
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this just happened to me tonight anyone know of a solution, my battery also died becuz my headlights were on to long....anyone?
 
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Old Dec 29, 2007 | 04:35 PM
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if this ever happens to you try disconnecting the battery, then reconnect it. Everything should work fine after that. It did for me.
 
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Old Jan 5, 2008 | 04:02 AM
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Originally Posted by djkace77
if this ever happens to you try disconnecting the battery, then reconnect it. Everything should work fine after that. It did for me.
I am having the SAME problem. I just replaced all the dome lights and "step lights" with LED's from VLEDS. ALLL the fuses are still good, but NONE of the interior lights work(dome lights or step lights) EVERYTHING else works. DId you just reconnect the battery and it work?? OHHH the heartache that these stupid lights have caused! They ALL worked and then i put the last one in, it worked, i put it all the way in and they all turned off at the same time. Didnt try the battery trick. Its 4am and 17 degrees outside. Spent the past hour checking, so ill try in the am.
 
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Old Jan 5, 2008 | 01:35 PM
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bump
 
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Old Jun 7, 2008 | 01:10 PM
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I just had the same problem. Checked all fuses with multimeter, all were good. I found this thread and tried disconnecting the battery. It worked. thanks djkace77
 
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