Dome light in pontiac won't shut off

SOURCE: how do i make the dome light come on when the doors open

There should be a switch on the light to select from doors to off.

SOURCE: Interior dome lights stay on.

I would ask a clarification request but it can't be done for this format. Anyway. Does the car have any type of aftermarket add on? Alarm, remote car start?
The Bonneville has a very sensitive electrical system. If there is an add on device there's a possibility that it has failed. There's more to installing an aftermarket device in a Bonneville than a simple install in a 'normal' car.
Another thing to check is the trunk and hood lights/switches. It's possible that the switch is broken or failed and is causing you the problems. Check to be sure that the trunk light and under hood light turns off when closed. They do take quite a beating over time.
Hope that helps.

SOURCE: 1994 Pontiac Sunbird 3.0 L,

heres what you do open the door and theres a latch that connects to the hinge when shut the door take a flat head screwdriver flip the latch up so can close the door this should fix the problem if not pull positive battery cable off let sit 2 minutes reset computer doing this but still have to flip up the clasp itself

Joe Taylor

• 2229 Answers
• Posted on May 07, 2011

SOURCE: I have a 2000 Pontiac

This could be an anti theft security issue. This happens all the time in GM's. The anti thefts are known to fail and cause the car to not start, stall while driving, or start for 1-5 seconds and then die. A good indication that the security is failing is if you see a light on the dash that says SECURITY or a picture of a car with a padlock thru the window. This link explains the problem, symptoms, and some DO IT YOURSELF solutions. http://vatspasslockpasskeysecurityhelp.yolasite.com/

Iron

• 3018 Answers
• Posted on Aug 22, 2011

SOURCE: My 2000 Pontiac Bonneville SSEi

• Hi, I can help.
• What is going on is that wire harness that spans between the drivers door and. the frame has a cracked or broke wire in there and it is sending bad information to the computer.

1. You need to splice open the casing for the wire harness and look for a broke wire[s].
2. When you find the broke wires just splice a new piece or wire in between the broke points and insulate them real well.
3. If non appear to be broke then check inside the insulation of each individual wire.
4. The boot on either side of the harness may need to be remove to get a further look at the wires.

• Whats happening is the computer is being shorted by (I suspect a bad ground wire) in that harness. When you remove the battery cable and put them back on you are resetting things until the same problem is detected again.
• By default them wire crack from the door opening and closing for years. This usually starts out as a pinched wire with intermittent malfunctions and then it happens more often, as you are explaining now.

• I have seen where the battery itself had issues and caused this same issue but you are saying it has bee getting progressively worse for some time now. i am pretty confident what the problem is.

• This can also be a bad ECM but the progressiveness leans me much more towards a wire[s] in that little harness.

• If you have any comments please feel free to leave them here.
• Hope this helps and thank you for using FixYa.