interior lights not working Options

[hurley97]

so when my passenger door is open the interior lights dont come on...my switch is bad, need a new one, no big deal[hopefully ]. but i just noticed that now the same thing happens when i open the hatch...no lights.

[so this is probably a stupid question but here it is anyway] are they connected? or have both of them just coincidentally failed at the same time? maybe theyre wired in series? im hoping if i replace the passenger door switch it'll somehow link to the hatch and im done...yes? no?

(drivers door still works fine)

edit: also my seatbelt light is always on. its always been on and not worked but just went off one day. then i got it back from having my alarm installed and its now on again...is that an easy fix or do i have to take sh*t apart?

This post has been edited by hurley97: Jun 19, 2006 - 11:28 AM

[6gsillyca]

seatbelt plug may be undone, thats why your seatbelt light stays on. when we did my stereo we unplugd it and forgot to replug it so i drove with it on for 3 months until i got sick of it, and finally replugged it. under the drivers seat there should be a yellowy/whitish plastic connector. the other half shouldn't be too far away. replug them together. sometimes they install the brain of the alarm under the drivers seat (where it was on my first car) and it is possible they unplugged it. worth checkin out. dont have to take nothing apart.