Cargo Area Light

[wybnrml]

Both wires had single connectors that fit on the light. The light has 2 post for single connectors.

The blue wire is probably just dangling inside the hatch like bravekozak said, not grounded to anything. You could just cut the blue wire and ground it to something near the cargo light, or get a door switch like skimsucka did and connect the blue wire to it.

[navdoc101]

Okay , let me see if i've got this right. If I open the panel on the inside of the hatch( where the latch/lock is) and ground the blue wire my cargo light should work? I don't want to switch the latch & drill a holr for the switch. I'm lazy!:toothy9:

[bravekozak]

If you permanently ground the blue wire, you will have to manually control the cargo light. Remember to shut it off, otherwise you'll drain the battery.

[navdoc101]

Thanks Brave!

[navdoc101]

The blue wire is probably just dangling inside the hatch like bravekozak said, not grounded to anything. You could just cut the blue wire and ground it to something near the cargo light, or get a door switch like skimsucka did and connect the blue wire to it.

No blue wire inside hatch. I'll figger this out , or electicute myself tryin'. :roll: Thanks for all the help.

[crazyrog17]

1) The blue wire is under the 'tarp tape' in the hatch. Just pop off the hatch cover and peel back the vapor barrier. The blue tarp tape has a single wire connector for the blue wire. Ground that and your cargo lamp will have ground and power at all times.

2) 12V will not shock you. Your coil, however, will!

[navdoc101]

Yep, found the BLUE tape. Checked under it, no blue wire. # connectors under it ,ALL connected, no lose wires. I know it will not shock me, just venting some frustration.

[wybnrml]

Trace the blue wire from the light and try to see where it goes. If you can't find where it leads to, you could just cut it and ground it somewhere next to the light.

[crazyrog17]

Another place to look is in the passenger's side rear access panel to the tail light. On the harness should be a two wire connector with white/red and blue/green and that's what would go to your cargo light. It's about 18" long.

The white/red wire should have +12v and the blue/green wire would get a ground from the hatch latch.

[navdoc101]

Fixed! See post in "What have you done today". I'm so happy its time for Fajihtas & Margaritas, lots of Margaritas:wav:

[walth]

nice navdoc! glad to see you got it going. I never was able to drive up to nate's place to look at his hatch light. it's a really simple procedure which you found out.

I want to formally apologize to gomez about my comments on "threadjacking" or "going in a different direction" than what navdoc had asked help for. Sorry for the frustration Gomez. I'm glad we sorted things out I've never doubted the helpfulness of this forum

Plus, I wasn't just thinking of gomez, but bravekozak and anyone else adding the good info in there. As far as what I had to say, We've discussed very similar subjects here but I made my comments for the sake of organization and ease of finding info quickly. Making threads per each specific subject or even different aspects/issues with similar/same parts/components/upgrades really help people source issues and fixes with ease.

we also discussed making a thread specifically for the hatch latch switch & wiring that was discussed earlier in this thread. there's LOADS of excellent info there. I'll be looking for some threads on that soon

[navdoc101]

The proof is in the pics. New pics of workin' cargo light in "'Tiva After" album in my profile. Thanks again all!