Interior "night" light not staying on

[allenh5]

The interior "night" light that emits the awesome orange glow over the interior, is not staying on....like there is a short. How can I replace this light bulb, or can I ?

Sorry, 2003 986/S.

Edited October 9, 2009 by allenh5

[beauar]

I believe these are LED bulbs and should technically never burn out. Have you checked your fuse box just in case? I am not sure how I can help

The interior "night" light that emits the awesome orange glow over the interior, is not staying on....like there is a short. How can I replace this light bulb, or can I ?

Sorry, 2003 986/S.

[msediqi]

They are not LED stock...you should get LED's thought its an amazing upgrade from stock i changed my whole interior out with them! www.v-leds.com but sorry dont know how to help with your problem did you check the bulb itself to make sure the connections arent shot in the bulb?

[EJ_2001_986_S]

I had this same problem in my '01 S, not sure if it's exactly the same light or not though. The light on my car was part of a whole assembly that had to come out, if I pushed on the black trim ring around the actual LED light it would come on for a short while, then go off. I finally pulled the whole light assembly, black LED surround plus the clear plastic dome light, out of the black housing with the motion sensors and top latch, plastic prying tool worked (small flat head screwdriver would too just be careful not to scratch anything). It was just wedged in there with a minor attachment on one side and got the part number. I think Pelican was the only place that had one. It was more expensive than I was hoping for ($40ish) but I replaced that whole light assembly and it has worked fine ever since.

Relatively easy to do, but just a pain to have to spend that for a single light. You might find one through a salvage yard for cheaper. Or can maybe rewire with a new LED if you're so inclined.

[allenh5]

I had this same problem in my '01 S, not sure if it's exactly the same light or not though. The light on my car was part of a whole assembly that had to come out, if I pushed on the black trim ring around the actual LED light it would come on for a short while, then go off. I finally pulled the whole light assembly, black LED surround plus the clear plastic dome light, out of the black housing with the motion sensors and top latch, plastic prying tool worked (small flat head screwdriver would too just be careful not to scratch anything). It was just wedged in there with a minor attachment on one side and got the part number. I think Pelican was the only place that had one. It was more expensive than I was hoping for ($40ish) but I replaced that whole light assembly and it has worked fine ever since.

Relatively easy to do, but just a pain to have to spend that for a single light. You might find one through a salvage yard for cheaper. Or can maybe rewire with a new LED if you're so inclined.

Thanks! That sounds exactly what my problem is...