One evening, I pushed the button
to one of my map lights... a little harder than usual.
It turned on, but the button no longer worked. I had
pushed it up too hard, and something had come loose.
Turned out to be an easy fix...
WARNING: as
you remove the dome light assembly, watch for very
small loose parts.
Needed:
Tools:
(Optional) Electrical
tape
Removal
Step 1:
Remove map
light cover.
Step 2:
Remove sun visors.
Step 3:
Remove sunroof
switch.
Step 4:
Remove map
light assembly.
Step 5: Collect your parts.
You need to have everything below (1st picture), plus the
black switch base which is still connected to the map light
frame (2nd picture). The white piece is still likely
also still on the map light frame, but it can be easily
unclipped (2nd picture).
Step 6: Reassemble the parts.
Leave the button cover out for now. The small white
part has grooves that line up with grooves in the metal
part. The order & direction of the parts is shown
below. With the parts in the right direction, assemble
with the black piece.
Step 7: (Optional) Wrap the 2
base pieces with electrical tape. I found that once my
switch had come apart once, it wanted to come apart more
easily a second time. To prevent this, I wrapped the
white & black pieces a few times with electrical tape, in a
diagonal direction. I didn't get a picture of this,
sorry.
Step 8: Snap the switch back
into place, plug the wiring harness back in, and test.
Step 9: Put your car back
together.
