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Okay I searched the forums and couldn't really find what i needed.
For some reason my dome light doesn't turn on when i open my doors, but the light works and turns on when i put it in the on position and goes off when in the off position. It's just when it's in the middle position, it don't come on when i open either door. ('97 2-door)

-thankz

 
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prolly the door nipple broke or is not grounded to the car properly. its the lil black piece that the door pushes on when closed. seems unlikely both sides would fail together so idk. might be something else like maybe a blown fuse.

 
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Yeah, both of them are intact and push/release fine. Do you know what the fuse is?

 
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IIRC the dome light is controlled through the head unit ( I could be wrong ) Has it been changed ??

If the light will work in "ON" then the fuse should be o.k.

 
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The light turns on... but the headunit as in?

 
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Some of the 6th gens have certain items that for what ever reason are wired in with the factory stereo (headunit) If an aftermarket stereo is installed some things can stop working.

 
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then that's why, because i don't have the stock head unit. but what should i do then?

-thankz

 
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The guy told me about the issue when I was at the audio place looking for install parts for my 7th gen.

He said something about leaving the old unit in place hooked up behind the dash (which I find hard to imagine due to space limits) You would need to take the switched power and the speaker wiring loose to hook up the new unit.

Maybe someone on here can chime in on what they have done to resolve the problem.

 
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Actually I think they make a bypass module for this, but idk?
Anyone know?

 
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But yeah if any of you guys had this same problem, please tell me what you did to fix it. -Thanks