dome light door trigger

[42na2cb7]

hey guys I paid somebody to put my alarm system on my car.. but they said I need to get my dome light fix to get it fully working.. coz u know how the dome light turns on when u open the door. mine dont work. so I was wondering if you guys can help me with this to get it working..

thanks guys.

[dee18701]

They may only need to be cleaned or changed. I know thats a common problem with our CBs. Could also just be a burnt bulb or wiring. Im sure theres a thread about it somewhere. Did you try searching?

[YK86]

Yeah, it's usually the door jam switch that needs cleaning. If the alarm is wired the same way I wire mine, it shouldn't matter if the bulb is burnt or not.

I did a write up on using the 4th gen switch in a 3rd gen but it contains a bit about cleaning it out.




Now to disassemble it, remove the screw that goes into the door jamb (already removed in my pic). Then slide the outer casing away from the tab like so.




Pop out the mini spring loaded tab (shaped like l_l ) on the L shaped piece and give it a good wipe down. Be careful when popping it out as it can fly out. Stretching the spring a tad will also assure a good connection when it's back together. Here's a pic after cleaning it out.



Put it back together making the sure the big spring pushing the L out is in the proper area and it's good to go.

[Davids92Accord]

I have gotten this problem many times on both of my CBs and all I did was clean them. What you need to do first is tale them off the door and then slide the plastic cover on it off and then you'll see the spring(just be careful not to lose the spring) then you will see the metal piece that makes contact to the other metal piece if the piece is all white and corroded just clean it up with a brush and put some vaseline on it to prevent it from corroding .. After you do that put it back together and screw it back onso it can make contact with the car and the switch should work ... IF you do that and it still doesn't work then go to the junkyard and pick up a few for free

[42na2cb7]

They may only need to be cleaned or changed. I know thats a common problem with our CBs. Could also just be a burnt bulb or wiring. Im sure theres a thread about it somewhere. Did you try searching?

I tried to search but I couldnt find abouit the dome light..sorry...
but the thing in my dome light is when i turn it on it works its just when I open the dorr it doesnt.. bulb is fine though..

Yeah, it's usually the door jam switch that needs cleaning. If the alarm is wired the same way I wire mine, it shouldn't matter if the bulb is burnt or not.

I did a write up on using the 4th gen switch in a 3rd gen but it contains a bit about cleaning it out.




Now to disassemble it, remove the screw that goes into the door jamb (already removed in my pic). Then slide the outer casing away from the tab like so.




Pop out the mini spring loaded tab (shaped like l_l ) on the L shaped piece and give it a good wipe down. Be careful when popping it out as it can fly out. Stretching the spring a tad will also assure a good connection when it's back together. Here's a pic after cleaning it out.



Put it back together making the sure the big spring pushing the L out is in the proper area and it's good to go.

ill try to do this tomorrow.. coz one of my doorjam is busted.. its probably causing it to short out... im also wondering bcoz on the dash the part where it warns u if theres a door open also doesnt work... idk if its affected by this...

[YK86]

That switch controls the light coming on and the dash light too. All it is is a switch that grounds the one wire when the door opens completing the system.
Fix that switch and it'll solve all your problems.

[JezzWolf]

Check all the door triggers to make sure the spring still works. Also check if they have been snapped. My brother just recently snapped one while taking out shopping bags.

Oh also check the actual door. It could have a dent in it so it wont trigger, My Saturn did that.