Enigmatic

Hey everyone. I recently purchased LED lights from V-LEDS for my interior and they came today. I changed out mostly every bulb in the interior excluding the dash/center console lights and vanity lights on the mirrors.

Everything went smoothly except for my rear driver side puddle door. I took out the original bulb in the door and then put the new LED in and it lit up for about a second and then went out. Confused at this point I thought maybe the bulb went bad quickly and put the original back in to see if that one worked. It did not. Afterwards, I tried both the original bulb and the new LED in the other rear door to see if the bulbs work and they both do.

Every light I replaced works except for the rear driver side puddle door. Bulbs that I know work won't work in it. I don't know whether or not this is a fuse issue but my inclination is that it is not because the other interior lights work along with the other electronics which are governed by the same fuse according to my manual.

Any ideas? Is this an electrical problem with the wiring to the door or something of the sort?

Also, I'll apologize in advance if this has been covered before. I did three separate searches for this and most of them pointed to blown fuses but in cases where ALL of the interior lights stopped working. If all of my interior lights stop working tonight then I'll know the answer, but having them all on for about a period of five minutes makes me think it is not a fuse issue.

Thank you for all the help and I'll get some pictures up of the swap as soon as I can.

Debonair

It could be a wiring issue or a problem with the door switch.

When you open the door does the reading/map light come on? Also does the "Door Ajar" light up in the dash? If not then I would test the switch.

If they do work fine then I would open the door panel and test the connector that plugs into the back of the puddle lamp for voltage and ground with the door open. This will tell you if its the lamp or wiring somewhere else.

SoCal Cyco

iTrader: (20)

thi sis so wierd, i just replaced all interior light to leds last week and the same thing happened to me. the rear driversside puddle light doenst work with either bulb (oem, led) ? wierd. i just left it figuring that it would cost more to fix tan its actually worth.

SoCal Cyco

iTrader: (20)

just read this as i posted. all other lights (map, door, oh ***** handle) come on. will check for power on the back of the lamp.

Enigmatic

When I open the door the map/reading light does come on but the door ajar light on the dash does not.

I suppose this is a problem with the switch then. Would this explain why the light won't work?

OT0814

iTrader: (4)

i had a problem like that also but what I found was that the metal piece that makes contact was bent a lil in the wrong direction. Try to line it up straight and see if that helps. I had the same thing happen where it comes on for a sec and turns off

Enigmatic

The metal piece on the bulb or on the outlet where I put the bulb in?

Also, can anyone point me in the right direction on how to correct a potentially broken door switch?

rgarjr

iTrader: (1)

the door switch is built into the latch, so it's not easily accessible.

Debonair

Some more info HERE.

OT0814

iTrader: (4)

the metal piece on the bulb.... btw post number 100 lol wooooo

aka paco

iTrader: (15)

I definetly think this is your issue

Enigmatic

Thanks everyone. We're getting a storm over here on the east coast tonight but this weekend or the beginning of next week I'm going to try to fix it.