hello everyone.this is my first post on these forums,and hopefully i can have some light shed onto my problem.when i first bought my car last year(1992 Acura Integra GS) my dome light would come on when i opened the car doors.i only really remember it working for a month after i bought it.i've checked all my fuses and everything looks good.all my power locks and power windows work.someone please help!!!!!

 

i know this is stupid but have u checked the bulb?

 

the bulb i believe is fine.i mean,i can turn it on from the switch on it,but it just doesn't like to work when the door opens.

 

Then inspect each door switch to make sure that the switch pin is extending when the door is opened. Odds are, the switch has simply died and will need replacing. It's a $12 part from the dealer and it will last for another 15 years; the installation is dead easy.

 

could you let me know where i would locate the switch,and how i would go about installing it?i have a haynes manual,but its basically worthless for stuff of this nature.

 

No problem.

Open the door and look at the latch bolt that is attached to the body of the car. Follow that panel down to the floor of the car. On the side of the door jamb, you'll see a rubber-covered switch about the size of a quarter in diameter. That's the cover for the door switch.

The switch points out toward the door and is a simple spring-loaded pin mechanism. When the door is closed, the pin is pushed in toward the center of the car and the circuit is broken. When you open the door, the pin should extend outward and allow the circuit to close, turning the dome light on.

Check to see if the door switch pin can extend and compress. If the pin is stuck or bent, replace the switch. To do so, remove the rubber cover and take out the phillips-head screw(s) that attach the switch to the body of the car. As you pull the switch body out, you'll see a wire attached to the end of the switch body. Keep this wire out because you'll reconnect it to the new switch before reinstalling it and replacing the rubber cover.

Piece of cake.