dome light wiring

Gr1m · 07-31-2009, 09:10 AM

alright well the other day i was doing some maintenance and for those of you who have seen the wiring i have under my carpet, i cleaned it up a little bit but in the process i disconnected 2 wires coming out of the B pillar and now when the car is under speeds of ~10mph the dome light automatically comes on, just wondering where these two wires would connect to if anyone knows, my car is a 4 door by the way and this is the B-pillar on the drivers side, does this go to + and - or am i looking for something coming out of a wiring harness from the car? hoping cliff or someone can shine some light on this, thanks a lot.

[ion] C2 · 07-31-2009, 09:13 AM

probably help knowing what color they were, and a picture

Gr1m · 07-31-2009, 09:24 AM

symptoms only happening at night, the dome light kicks on at speeds under ~10mph and then shuts off if i speed up.

bdyman · 07-31-2009, 09:27 AM

it almost looks like the wires are seperate from the factory harness, it could possibly be one of the door latches are bad, front or rear, hard to say really with out being there and trouble shooting the latches
thats what i see

cherrington17 · 07-31-2009, 09:28 AM

orange/white and blue/white? or is that just solid orange?

bdyman · 07-31-2009, 09:30 AM

chris look below the plug going into the rear door harness, it looks like its seperate from the factory harness, why dont ya remove the rear trim panle and trace down the wire in the door and going into the car, see where it goes, and then trouble shot the latches

[ion] C2 · 07-31-2009, 09:35 AM

looks like tan and purple/white

Gr1m · 07-31-2009, 10:20 AM

guys sorry those wires have nothing to do with it, my mistake, those were for LEDs in the door handles before i shaved them off, still having this problem ONLY at night though its the weirdest thing.

cherrington17 · 07-31-2009, 10:28 AM

at night... @ >10mph?

sounds like your wire got somehow spliced into the nighttime courtesy lights. i can't explain the speed issue though.

what speed is it that our locks engage?

bdyman · 07-31-2009, 10:30 AM

ok so that solves that problem, so take a look at the front and rear door latches, try this bring in the striker, and then drive the car, if it goes away then ya know the latches are bad

Gr1m · 07-31-2009, 10:37 AM

its definitely something wire related because i was cleaning up wires, i just need to figure out what i did lol

Psyfox · 07-31-2009, 06:37 PM

Everything's already been said. It sounds like a possibility of something with your LED door lights or a bad door latch. Did you accidentally tap them into the wrong wires? lol

Nate's Alero · 07-31-2009, 07:17 PM

our door locks lock at a certain speed

heineck · 07-31-2009, 08:18 PM

my lock when i shift into drive

whiterider00 · 07-31-2009, 10:15 PM

ya, they lock when u shift into drive, and if you unlock them while in drive, they relock at i think 10 mph.

Nate's Alero · 07-31-2009, 10:23 PM

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Originally Posted by whiterider00

ya, they lock when u shift into drive, and if you unlock them while in drive, they relock at i think 10 mph.

mine dont

Cliff8928 · 08-01-2009, 01:05 PM

The door lock settings are customizable. Look in your manual.

AleroDrime · 08-02-2009, 11:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Nate's Alero

our door locks lock at a certain speed

pwr locks

Gr1m · 08-03-2009, 09:16 AM

i had spliced into the right wire but the brainbox was backfeeding ground onto the line and causing the dome light to kick on at lower speeds for some reason, problem is fixed you can go ahead and close this

Nate's Alero · 08-03-2009, 09:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cliff8928

The door lock settings are customizable. Look in your manual.

really? neat! (goes and sits in car and reads book for hours....)