Interior lights don't come on when drivers door opened, but do when passenger door open
The drivers side door latch is bad. Just replaced one in my daughters 99 beetle. $184 dealer part. same thing no lights then alarm will mgo off for no reason, lights will come on at random times while driving, no chime when key is in.
The door light switch is bad. The switch is part of the door latch assembly, and must be replaced as an assembly. It cost about $175 from volkswagen, and takes about 1 1/2 hour to replace. Buy a Haynes manual. It will explain to you how to replace it.
Door light switch bad
SOURCE: I have a 1999 VW Beetle, and the interior lights
ah, This is a very common VW issue. Hopefully yours is just gunked up like mine was. i just fixed mine today. here's how...
1. open drivers door, put key in ignition and turn to "run" position (this so you can hear the dinger)
2. trip the latch in the door so it clicks TWICE locked, you'll see.
3. now at the bottom of the latch there is a void you've exposed. Get a Can of contact cleaner, or brakecleaner and HOSE under the latch piece. I mean firehose the hell out of it for a bit, then open and close the door a dozen times or so to work the latch.
4. Repeat as necessary. Plan to use up at least half a can. I had it running out of the door drains. Hopefully this frees up the gunk that probably has built up.
5. Regardless if this does work or not, finish up with something like a few good shots of PB Blaster, WD 40, or some light lubricant. Maybe it will work free over the next day or so.
If this unfortunatly doesn't do the trick the switch might be physically broken. Either spend $170 on a new one or google '$3 vw door fix' if you feel like MacGyver.
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