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The interior light in the bottom of the drivers door fell out and broke when I closed the door. Now, none of my interior lights work. Could this be a fuse problem?
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Most times it is the light switch when none of the lights work. Can you manually turn them on? This over rides the BCM. Interior lights are controlled by the BCM. Try opening the passenger side door, see if they come on. If so, replace the drivers door latch, inside the door. If still no lights. The BCM needs scanned for codes.
Hi, viewer. The interior light is powered and controlled by the body control module or BCM. However, there is an on/off button beside the main headlight switch that overrides the interior lighting function. If this button is off, interior lights will not come on regardless of any door being closed or opened.
If this button is on, interior lights will come on whenever a door is opened. If you close all doors, and if the driver door is the last to be closed, the interior lights will stay on for about 30 sec and then the lights goes off automatically. In case you left any door opened too long, the BCM has an internal timer that will shut off the interior lights automatically when it detects that a door is still opened and the allowable time has elapsed. The BCM is programmed this way to protect the battery circuit and functions. : )
It's the switch on the door frame that detects when your door is open. VW's are notorious for this problem. It either needs to be cleaned or replaced. Definitely try cleaning it first. It might be stuck in the "door closed" position.
Take some WD40 and open the doors and spray a liberal amount into each of the door latches. Then open and close the doors firmly several times. This will work most of the time to unstick the ajar switches.
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