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dome light always on
- Thread starter agm1563
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funvtec
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- oak creek, WI
make sure to turn the knob that turns your headlights on and off
codyj86
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- co springs
your dome lamp circut is grounding somwhere.
Jeepm@n
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Northern, WI
Hall effect switch in the tailgate?
PhotographerMike
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Whittier, CA 10 Mi. east of L.A.
From my experience with our Cherokee's.
If you have the rear dome light with a push button, the switch might be bad. I replaced mine with a small toggle switch.
OR, the slip on connections at the hatch lock might be dirty. Pull the inside cover, (use a couple of flat screwdrivers and you can save most of the fasteners) and clean the the connections.
While you have the cover off you might want to cut a 1 1/2 X 3 inch hole in the sloped part of the cover, then you will be able to lock & unlock the lock and also open the hatch from the inside.
Mike
If you have the rear dome light with a push button, the switch might be bad. I replaced mine with a small toggle switch.
OR, the slip on connections at the hatch lock might be dirty. Pull the inside cover, (use a couple of flat screwdrivers and you can save most of the fasteners) and clean the the connections.
While you have the cover off you might want to cut a 1 1/2 X 3 inch hole in the sloped part of the cover, then you will be able to lock & unlock the lock and also open the hatch from the inside.
Mike
Blaine B.
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Northwest Indiana
The switch on the rear domelight only keeps the lights from turning on when the hatch is opened.
Mine was melted, the interior lights didn't work at all when the hatch was opened. I replaced the switch and if you leave the switch "on", the interior lights will come on when the hatch is open. If you turn it "off" you can turn the interior lights off even if the hatch is open. Handy for keeping the tailgate open for any period of time. I'd love to rig up a master switch to do the same with the rest of the doors, but I haven't looked into it yet.
Mine was melted, the interior lights didn't work at all when the hatch was opened. I replaced the switch and if you leave the switch "on", the interior lights will come on when the hatch is open. If you turn it "off" you can turn the interior lights off even if the hatch is open. Handy for keeping the tailgate open for any period of time. I'd love to rig up a master switch to do the same with the rest of the doors, but I haven't looked into it yet.
Yucca-Man
NAXJA Member # 683
- Location
- Castle Rock, CO
Sounds like the same problem (and same fix) that I used. It's nice to be able to leave the hatch open when loading/unloading/lounging and yet keep the battery from draining.PhotographerMike said:
For the OP - Firmly close all doors, and then move around one-by-one and open the door while manually pressing the door switch. You may find that one of them will actually turn off all the lights because it's pressed in farther than the door will. This happened on my rear passenger door, and I taped a dime into the strike area to shut the door off. That only lasted seven years though, so I eventually ended up pulling the switch out completely and securely taping the end of the exposed wire. Now the lights work as designed again, but the rear passenger door does not trigger a door light.
Jim www.yuccaman.com
