Interior Lights-need help!

[jtugfestiva]

dang i pulled it out and checked if power is going in and yes it is lighting up my test light. I cleaned the connections and everything looks good. It only works when the door is opened which i dont understand. i cleaned the center connections and the check ball still no light.

[timmay89]

timmay89. The dash harness is different between '88/'89, '89auto, and 90+. You might need to look into the dash harness.

Hey Eurotiva,

I may not have explained myself fully. Back in February I went in a replaced pretty much every wire inside and outside of the car from the 1989 harness to the 1990+ harness (out of a 1993 auto festiva). That included the dash harness, which is interesting because with the old harness I did not have this problem, but with the new one I have had problems. I might just need to do some testing to see what is and what isn't getting power and go from there. I think I have replaced everything that I can to make the dash lights work.

[timmay89]

I just figured out the dash light problem, and wanted to say thanks again for all of the help I recieved. I ended up taking the car over to Sasquatch's house for some intense diagnostics. After about 30 minutes of confusion, we noticed that I plugged the dimmer switch into the power mirror plug. So all fixed now! It can be frustrating when mistakes are made, but I am happy it is nothing more extreme.