Dumb Dome Light

[Bieredalsace]

My dome light has 2 problems. It comes on sporadically when you open the door, sometimes Yes and sometimes No....... and when I push on the cover where it says "push here" to turn the light on independant of the door switch, there is no movement. It won't budge. So right about now I'm thinking of going to Auto Palace, Advanced Auto Parts or Pep Boys and buying anything that will cover the cutout in the ceiling material.
Thanks for any help.

[Y33TREKker]

Can I have it if you decide to 86 it?

If there is no movement, I'd say the problem is in the light fixture itself. My guess is that the problem would be easily apparent if you just took it out and looked at it piece by piece. That's something I've never done so I couldn't make any guesses as to which particular piece might be causing the problem, but it's probably something simple, like maybe a bug got into it and is causing limited movement of one of the pieces. (That may sound far fetched, but it actually happened on one of my motorcycles one time. A bug just happened to be crawling across the contact of my starter switch one time when I tried to start it, and the resulting "pieces" that remained prevented the switch from making good electrical contact until I took it apart and cleaned off the contacts. Once it was cleaned, no more problems.)

[Bieredalsace]

I understand what you're saying about there being a "bug" in the switch..no pun intended!!
There were times when I held the bulb in my fingers and wiggling it and it lite sometimes and sometimes not. So I like your idea about taking the whole thing apart and checking it bit by bit.
Thanks for the advice.

[rowhard]

maybe a silly question, but has the lens been reversed during a bulb replacement?

[Chopper]

Mine used to come on when you hit a bump. I pulled the bulb years ago, and forgot all about it. I don't need a light in there at all.

[tom4bren]

Mine's stopped working. I replaced the burned out bulb & it worked for a week. 'Nuther replacement bulb but no worky either. I haven't torn into it yet. Mine still depresses tho when I press it.