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Eternal Dome Light, How do I make it go out?

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Old 04-04-2007
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Icon5 Eternal Dome Light, How do I make it go out?

I have a 1998 4cyl/5spd and the dome light was removed when I bought the trick. Of course when I hooked it up it has mostly always been on. Once it switched off when I drove off at night.

Now I know about those door switches and took both of mine out to check them. They are clean and work good and I unplugged both of them while I had them out. The dome light was STILL on.

I tried turning the dash dim control to see if there is a switch for that light, but can't find any. The dimmer works, just no switch.

Is there a switch somewhere hidden? Any ideas what to try?

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Curt
 
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Mine did the same thing, I just bought a new dimmer switch from the dealer. Installed it, and now everthing works like it should. I guess over time, that switch just fails.
 
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Are you sure you turned the dimmer switch all the way up?
 
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I cleaned my dimmer switch and it turns the dome light on and off and dims the lights like it's supposed to now. Any idea what keeps the dome light on?

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Curt
 

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