I have a 2008 Honda Accord. When opening a door, the rear overhead courtesy lights come on but not the front overhead lights. The courtesy lights in the front door comes on. I seem to remember that the front overhead lights came on when a door was opened. Shouldn't the front overhead lights come on when opening a front door? The front overhead lights can be turned on by pressing on the light covers. What could be done to get the front lights to come on when a door is opened?
Page 116 and 117 of the manual explain that there's a two-position slide switch on the map light, DOOR and OFF. The back light has three positions, ON, Door Activated, and OFF.
Pages 116 and 117:
http://techinfo.honda.com/rjanisis/pubs/om/ACC080/ACC0808OM.pdf
SOURCE: Door Ajar Warning Light Stays On
Our Ford Expedition & an Olds Silhouette Premier & both did the same thing. Someone online said to spray the inside door where the metal connects with the frame & sensors are there with WD-40. We did & it fixed the problem. Maybe this will work for yours.
SOURCE: 2003 Honda Pilot lighting problem
the driver's door has a switch which tells the multiplexer control unit that the door is open and the control unit then switches on the lights. It sounds like the switch is not making contact when the driver's door is open. The lights work and the other door switches work--so it isn't a fuse or multiplexer problem.
SOURCE: Rear interior light and door courtesy lights not working- Jaguar
take off the cover and replace them. if you have a volt/ohm meter you can put if on the car side and make sure you have voltage and the ohm meter on the buldb should give a 1 rating if its good. it would be the cheapest and easiest to just get a new bulb and see if it works then start checking fuses if its not the bulb.
SOURCE: Courtesy interior lights E320Cdi 2003
I'm not 100%, but it could be a dodgy contact, on the button, which engages/disengages, as you open and shut the door.
Make sure that they all move freely, and aren't missing any pieces.
Hope that's some help.
SOURCE: the left interior map light on my 2004 honda
The lens cap is challenging. On the lateral side (away from the hinge) there is nothing. One the medial side, a "Clip - on hinge", which eventually needs to come straight down. On the other two sides (forward and backward), the lens cap is molded into two "Y shaped" clips on both sides, a total of 4 clips. the first set is about 1/2 way, the other is at the hinge....I used a small, thin, key (for a suitcase, or piggy bank), and pryed on one side until partly down, then other side,, very slowly...then you have to pry the plastic hinge clip straight down to get it off the hinge on each side....(it clips in, then becomes a hinge, when going in reverse).
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