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Car Forum / Mercedes-Benz Cars / February 2007

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1988 300E  Electrical Problems Interior Lighting

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nanaimo - 08 Feb 2007 20:45 GMT
The interior courtesy lights operate erratically or sometimes not at all
when activated by opening the driver's door.  The other 3 doors work fine.
Sometimes they flicker, don't come on at all, come on eventually, and other
times work properly.  They had quit working at all until a tech. worked on
the system.

Any suggestions would be most appreciated
Thank You
Brian

PS it isn't the door switch
Richard Sexton - 09 Feb 2007 02:18 GMT
>The interior courtesy lights operate erratically or sometimes not at all
>when activated by opening the driver's door.  The other 3 doors work fine.
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>
>PS it isn't the door switch

Why are you so sure?

IIRC there are two switches on the drivers door.

Change the fuses.

Change the bulbs.

Clean up your ground terminals.

And tell us more history. What did the tech do?

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Tiger - 09 Feb 2007 15:11 GMT
Change the driver door switch...
ptempel@gmail.com - 09 Feb 2007 16:15 GMT
> Change the driver door switch...

I agree.  Try manipulating the driver door switch by hand.  Twist the
plunger and press it in.  If the light come on for a brief period or
stay on after that, then it's the door switch.
 
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