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Interior light does not come on when opening doors or lift gate.

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I unfortunately got into a smalle Fender Bender and had to get my door skin on my front passenger side replaced they took the door off to paint it and weld in the new door skin but in the process I noticed 2 days after I picked up my vehicle that my interior lights do not come on when I open the door or the lift gate however they do come on when I push the overhead light console. Does anybody have a clue to what I need to do to look at this I know somebody mentioned something to me at work about something in the door please any advice thank you. Also I brought it back to the body shop but they were no help.
 

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Is the switch on by the headlight switch? Without looking at my car I'm not completely sure but as I remember there is a push button or dial by the light switch that sets whether the interior lights cone on or stay off when something is opened.
 

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ferneyhough said:
I unfortunately got into a smalle Fender Bender and had to get my door skin on my front passenger side replaced they took the door off to paint it and weld in the new door skin but in the process I noticed 2 days after I picked up my vehicle that my interior lights do not come on when I open the door or the lift gate however they do come on when I push the overhead light console. Does anybody have a clue to what I need to do to look at this I know somebody mentioned something to me at work about something in the door please any advice thank you. Also I brought it back to the body shop but they were no help.
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There's a switch up by the rearview mirror that controls whether the lights come on with the door or not. Possibly while working on the door they turned the switch off so they didn't run the battery down.
 

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CapTom is right the switch is on the overhead by the lights up there.

I deal with 60 vehicles, I never remember which has what where and since I never get to drive the ST I'm always hunting for stuff when the wife does allow me to drive it a mile or two.
 

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Ok I'll have a look guys. Thank you for the quick responses
 

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Worked like a charm guys. When I got in my truck I noticed that one of the light buttons was orange, I hit that & bingo, back in business. That you for everyone that took the time out of there day to respond.
 

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