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Old 01-24-16, 03:39 PM
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Interior Electrical Gremlins

I would try searching for this, but I have no clue what to look for.

My interior lights don't come on when I open the doors. If I'm inside the car, with the car on, the dome lights are dimly lit, and my clock is off. If I click one light off, my clock turns on dimly and my idiot cluster flashes, if I click both lights off, my clock works as normal.

I don't care about my clock, I'd just like to get my dome lights to work. I'm assuming there is a short somewhere between the idiot cluster/dome light area but I'd like another opinion before ripping into it all.
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Have you opened up the dome light?
On my otherwise pristine S5 chassis, the dome light was majorly corroded- looked like it came from the Titanic.
The door switches are easy to check as well.
And look at the ROOM fuse.
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+1 For the interior fuse. Without the fuse, your lights, clock, and and memory are all reset and do funny things when it's broken.
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Previous owner decided to shove a 10amp fuse in that spot, and also run a wire going to the aftermarket stereo under it. Funny part is the dude owned a huge car audio shop in his town......


All works now except the dome light, but I think it's just burnt out. Good time to go all LEDs
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