LTZ Interior Light Problems

[Corndog Man]

I am blowing the dome light fuse on my 1999 LTZ. It just started. Something is shorted somewhere as it pops a fuse immediately. I know the dome light, maplights and lighted mirror are on this curcuit. I also wonder if the light switch could be a culprit. Any ideas where to look first if you have experienced this?

Thanks!

Corndog

[Corndog Man]

Originally Posted by Corndog Man

I am blowing the dome light fuse on my 1999 LTZ. It just started. Something is shorted somewhere as it pops a fuse immediately. I know the dome light, maplights and lighted mirror are on this curcuit. I also wonder if the light switch could be a culprit. Any ideas where to look first if you have experienced this?

Thanks!

Corndog

Bought a KD short detector. The problem was in the lighted makeup mirror. A screw had shorted the wire.

Corndog Man

[gw84]

funny you say that Corndog, I testdrove a '98 LTZ and noticed the lights on the "makeup mirror" were flickering a lot. Perhaps there was an underlying electrical problem. The car had 71K on it and they only wanted $3800. I may have dodged a bullet though it sounds like it would be an easy fix.

[Corndog Man]

Originally Posted by gw84

funny you say that Corndog, I testdrove a '98 LTZ and noticed the lights on the "makeup mirror" were flickering a lot. Perhaps there was an underlying electrical problem. The car had 71K on it and they only wanted $3800. I may have dodged a bullet though it sounds like it would be an easy fix.

You may have. That was all there was. I removed the makeup mirror and insulated the wiring. No more problems. I have a few little issues with this car I need to correct. I am the original owner and the daughter is driving it now. She takes care of it but it needs a little TLC on a couple of areas she and the wife messed up. That was one of them. Sunroof, console pad and ashtray door are the things bugging me. I did get a Homelink which I have yet to install. I will do that when I drop the headliner and fix the sunroof.

It's a great car and the problems we have seen were pretty much caused by us.

Corndog...