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Interior light not working

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Old 11-14-2016 | 12:08 PM
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Interior light not working

The center overhead interior "dome" light is not working in my 2014 Clubbie. First tried new bulb ... nope. Looked in the owners manual and it talks about turning all the interior lights (footwell and overhead) on or off with that switch on the forward overhead switch cluster.

Is there some setting that the PO might have changed that makes only the footwell lights come on when you open a door?

Thinking I might have damaged the circuit board when I fixed the overhead light rattle but I hope not.
 
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Old 11-14-2016 | 01:23 PM
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Check the fuse
 
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Old 11-14-2016 | 01:43 PM
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I will do that but to be clear - this is the only bulb that's not working. All the rest of the interior lights work as they should. I've never seen a car that has one bulb on a fuse.
 
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Old 11-14-2016 | 02:20 PM
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I know the fuse for the front lights on the roof controls is different from that one. That's why I asked.
 
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Old 11-15-2016 | 05:26 AM
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Could the ribbon wire have come loose?
 
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Old 11-15-2016 | 07:06 AM
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SOLVED.

I put in an LED bulb when the old one burned out. I did not know that LED bulbs are polarity-sensitive. Turned the bulb 180* in the socket and it now works.
 




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