Door light doesn't come on

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fido69r
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Door light doesn't come on

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The red door lights on the bottom of the door doesn't come on when I open the door. The Reading/Cabin lights do ok....any ideas?
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Are you getting any power at the bulbs ?
On our car I had to buy a couple of good replacements from ebay.
They were cheap enough,but I had already checked for power at the bulb holder using a multimeter.
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Re: Door light doesn't come on

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Likely broken microswitches in the door locks - youll know because the cabin light wont work automatically when opening the door
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same problem as the mk4 golf's then...expensive too
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In your first post - you said that the interior light does work ok so it may not be a door lock microswitch if you are lucky (unless I read that wrong ?).
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