dome light won't automatically turn off- come on in elec. experts

JustAnotherAsian · Apr 3, 2007

the dome light won't turn off during normal circumstances when the selector is in the "door" position.

situation:
1.) the door-ajar indicator in the instrument cluster is off when all doors are closed- as usual. the dome light would still be on as well as the keyhole-illumination-ring; those remain on after all doors are closed and after those ~30 seconds that they're supposed to turn off.
2.) the dome light and illumination ring remain on after doors are closed, car is started.
3.) the dome light can be switched off in all above circumstances manually by selecting "off".
4.) illumination ring is on as we speak (i'm not concerned with the draw from that puny led).

so naturally, i turned to these:
http://www.camrymanuals.com/index.php?m=Home&cid=6&topicid=0&
^general gen5 info.

http://www.camrymanuals.com/manuals/02/Power_Source_Current_Flow_Chart.pdf
^basic power flow chart

http://www.camrymanuals.com/manuals/02/Interior_Light.pdf
^related wiring diagram from fuses-to-grounds.

i studied the wiring diagram. i've electronically checked the fuses: "DOME" (7.5A), "ECU-B" (10A), and "ECU-IG" (10A). none of them were busted. i've tried to remedy the situation by replacing those fuses anyways and checking the other fuses that might cause the situation (i would skip the power-seat fuse for example), but the situation stayed the same.

so what's up with that? did i miss a fuse, fry that "body ecu", or managed to get a harness disconnected?

poohbear · Apr 3, 2007

without looking too much....check the plug (or re-plug) the dome light trigger on one of the sidekick panels.. (its on the driver side for RHD, so not sure what the US-equilvalent is..my guess is on the passenger side?)

JustAnotherAsian · Apr 3, 2007

^dome light trigger? i'll check up on that tomorrow- as well as possible harnesses/plugs.

1:30 a.m. over here. i can't sleep on this so easily =(

thanks. hopefully it's a plug/harness. i really hope it's not a fried ecu.

poohbear · Apr 3, 2007

that's just the obvious one...just unscrew the kick panel and pull it out and you'll see all the wonderful cables

but i'm not sure whether the US version have different plugs.. but the one i have is a white plug with two wires attached to it.

LextasyOverdose said:
^dome light trigger? i'll check up on that tomorrow- as well as possible harnesses/plugs.

1:30 a.m. over here. i can't sleep on this so easily =(

thanks. hopefully it's a plug/harness. i really hope it's not a fried ecu.

JustAnotherAsian · Aug 23, 2007

bump. i checked all fuses and plugs. all intact. still have the problem. =(

TRD VVTi · Aug 23, 2007

It's been awhile but I've seen that problem many times. There is a switch for the latch that is probably faulty.

EDIT: It's in the door.

JustAnotherAsian · Oct 10, 2007

it's been a while, but...

^i'll check on that. i'm having doubt that it's a faulty switch, cuz the door-ajar warning goes off when i close the door, unless that has nothing to do with it...

drunken_panda said:
Does the remote key fob work to lock it?

yeah. if the fuse for that (which happens to be one of the fuses for the dome light as well) is also fine.

drunken_panda · Aug 23, 2007

Does the remote key fob work to lock it?

JustAnotherAsian · Oct 10, 2007

i'll look into all of those. thanks man.

JustAnotherAsian · Oct 11, 2007

^another great idea that i didn't think of... duh!!! LMAO. i can't believe i didn't think of that one...

i'll check all of these out when i bring my car home. i don't wanna freeze outside for now. haha.

JustAnotherAsian · Oct 11, 2007

^i've tried all the switches individually this morning at least. it's not that.

JSM1284 · Oct 11, 2007

Find a similar camry in a salvage yard, With identical options as yours, ask them if you can swap BCM's with yours and see if that fixes, if so give them money for the module. Thats about all i can say to do from here.

JustAnotherAsian · Oct 11, 2007

^thanks for the tip. where's the bcm btw? and is it the one labled "body ecu" in the factory repair manuals?

JSM1284 · Oct 11, 2007

JustAnotherAsian · Oct 11, 2007

holy crap... that whole thing i was staring at for the past couple months was the body ECU?!?!? :lol: for the whole time, i thought it was behind that thing or somewhere in the passenger side... LMAO

thanks a lot jsm and pooh. you guys have been great help. looks like i'll be going to a junkyard later if i'm unsuccessful with all the suggestions..

w203 · Oct 11, 2007

got relay?

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