dome light?

my dome light in my truck isnt working right anymore. I am able to turn it on by had but it will not come on when i open the door and yes the switch on the dome light is set to door.

 

The spring is mine is screwed and caused the same problem. Even though the switch was on "door" it wasnt making contact. I took the lens off the light and moved the spring so it stayed on "door". Works now as long as no one touches it. haha

 

nope.

 

what spring are you speaking off?

 

Mine started doing that yesterday then I changed the bulb and it works fine now

 

well mine started doing it after i pulled out the led bulb that was in it and i went back to the regular bulb.

 

uh oh...hope mine doen't do that if i decide to switch them out

 

When you pop the lens off the dome light there is a spring that goes between the selector switch and contacts. The switch (on mine anyway) would get stuck in the spring because the spring was wore out. So even when you push the switch to "door" it wouldnt actually make contact. Essentially leaving it on "off".

If you take the lens off you can see the whole unit and take the spring completely out. Its a pretty simple system when you look at it

 

Mine doesnt make perfect contact when i set it on ON and it flickers, I will have to check out this spring.

 

Pretty much the same as a spring from a pen. I have one from a pen to replace the old in the cup colder, just too lazy to put it in. haha

 

Where does the spring go? I was doing an LED mod today and I had to take the switch arm off and now the spring is MIA. Thanks!

 

Solved it, pen spring and a metal BB worked like a charm.