# One of the Car dome light doesn’t work with doors or if i turn the lights on. But it works if i try to turn it on separately **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [September 18, 2023, 9:45pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/one-of-the-car-dome-light-doesn-t-work-with-doors-or-if-i-turn-the-lights-on-but-it-works-if-i-try-to-turn-it-on-separately/192960 "2023-09-18T21:45:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![manny.kanwar\_186925](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ba0ec/32.png) [@manny.kanwar\_186925](https://community.cartalk.com/u/manny.kanwar_186925)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2023, 9:45pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/one-of-the-car-dome-light-doesn-t-work-with-doors-or-if-i-turn-the-lights-on-but-it-works-if-i-try-to-turn-it-on-separately/192960/1 "2023-09-18T21:45:56Z")
Its Hyundai Santa fe 2013, if you are familiar with its dome lights you know that thera are 3 ways to turn on dome lights 1- Open Door 2- On button which will turn on all interior dome lights 3- By pressing the individual dome light to turn it on either side of the the light. So 3rd option is working which means bulb is fine. But 1st and Second option is not working for right side of dome light. Any suggestions? ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/f/7/f7366a01460460305476cab010e9d3519a86acf0.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2023, 9:55pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/one-of-the-car-dome-light-doesn-t-work-with-doors-or-if-i-turn-the-lights-on-but-it-works-if-i-try-to-turn-it-on-separately/192960/2 "2023-09-18T21:55:58Z")
If it were my 10 year old car, I’d likely ignore it. Tbe first place I’d look to repair it is to test the switch. ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2023, 10:11pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/one-of-the-car-dome-light-doesn-t-work-with-doors-or-if-i-turn-the-lights-on-but-it-works-if-i-try-to-turn-it-on-separately/192960/3 "2023-09-18T22:11:40Z")
Take a look at the driver’s door-open switch, usually located in the door pillar area , visible with door open. Does anything look wrong, like it is covered with gunk and the part that moves is not moving freely? ---
**Author:** ![TheWonderful90s](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/thewonderful90s/32/29584_2.png) [@TheWonderful90s](https://community.cartalk.com/u/TheWonderful90s)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2023, 3:20am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/one-of-the-car-dome-light-doesn-t-work-with-doors-or-if-i-turn-the-lights-on-but-it-works-if-i-try-to-turn-it-on-separately/192960/4 "2023-09-20T03:20:10Z")
Check that the not working position of the switch has continuity. Check the wires going from there to that on button or the door, or the wire might just go to the other working light which means the problem must be the switch. ---
**Author:** ![davesmopar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/davesmopar/32/41750_2.png) [@davesmopar](https://community.cartalk.com/u/davesmopar)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2023, 11:08am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/one-of-the-car-dome-light-doesn-t-work-with-doors-or-if-i-turn-the-lights-on-but-it-works-if-i-try-to-turn-it-on-separately/192960/5 "2023-09-20T11:08:40Z")
> **[INTERIOR LIGHTS – Hyundai Santa Fe Sport 2.0T 2013 – SYSTEM WIRING DIAGRAMS ...](https://portal-diagnostov.com/en/2020/03/26/interior-lights-hyundai-santa-fe-sport-2-0t-2013-system-wiring-diagrams/)** > > INTERIOR LIGHTS Courtesy Lamps Wiring Diagram (1 of 2) Courtesy Lamps Wiring Diagram (2 of 2) Instrument Illumination Wiring Diagram (1 of 2) Instrument Illumination Wiring Diagram (2 of 2) INTERIOR LIGHTS – Hyundai Santa Fe Sport 2.0T 2013 – SYSTEM... ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2023, 9:34pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/one-of-the-car-dome-light-doesn-t-work-with-doors-or-if-i-turn-the-lights-on-but-it-works-if-i-try-to-turn-it-on-separately/192960/6 "2023-09-20T21:34:53Z")
> [@manny.kanwar\_186925](#): > > dome lights Suggest to clarify which interior lights are giving you the problem. Refer to wiring diagram link above. Are the trouble-makers the left and right vanity lights? Center room, left, right personal lights? Right and left map lights? The “mood” light? (Wondering what sort of mood it sets? … lol … ) ---
**Author:** ![It\_s-Me](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/it_s-me/32/12660_2.png) [@It\_s-Me](https://community.cartalk.com/u/It_s-Me)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2023, 10:11pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/one-of-the-car-dome-light-doesn-t-work-with-doors-or-if-i-turn-the-lights-on-but-it-works-if-i-try-to-turn-it-on-separately/192960/7 "2023-09-20T22:11:54Z")
> [@George\_San\_Jose1](#): > > Suggest to clarify which interior lights are giving you the problem. Did you see the picture? ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2023, 10:12pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/one-of-the-car-dome-light-doesn-t-work-with-doors-or-if-i-turn-the-lights-on-but-it-works-if-i-try-to-turn-it-on-separately/192960/8 "2023-09-20T22:12:49Z")
Yes. Which lights are those? The mood lights? ---
**Author:** ![It\_s-Me](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/it_s-me/32/12660_2.png) [@It\_s-Me](https://community.cartalk.com/u/It_s-Me)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2023, 10:20pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/one-of-the-car-dome-light-doesn-t-work-with-doors-or-if-i-turn-the-lights-on-but-it-works-if-i-try-to-turn-it-on-separately/192960/9 "2023-09-20T22:20:38Z")
> [@George\_San\_Jose1](#): > > Yes. Which lights are those? The mood lights? It’s all the same light fixture and bulbs If you use the dimmer switch to turn them on - it’s the mood light. - **not working** If you open a door - it’s the dome light - **not working** If you press the button on the light - it’s the map light - **works** My guess is the switch is broken inside and not allowing the lights to ground on the “Door” setting. ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2023, 9:01pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/one-of-the-car-dome-light-doesn-t-work-with-doors-or-if-i-turn-the-lights-on-but-it-works-if-i-try-to-turn-it-on-separately/192960/10 "2023-09-21T21:01:30Z")
> [@It\_s-Me](#): > > It’s all the same light fixture and bulbs There’s several lights shown on the wiring diagram posted above. Left vanity light, right vanity light, center room light, left rear personal light, right rear personal light, mood light, left map light, right map light. Which of those are working correctly, and which aren’t? ---
**Author:** ![Nevada\_545](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/nevada_545/32/41232_2.png) [@Nevada\_545](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Nevada_545)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2023, 9:25pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/one-of-the-car-dome-light-doesn-t-work-with-doors-or-if-i-turn-the-lights-on-but-it-works-if-i-try-to-turn-it-on-separately/192960/11 "2023-09-21T21:25:32Z")
The picture shows the front seat overhead console lamp, the right-side map/dome lamp is not lit, it is inoperative due to an open circuit in the map light switch. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s-Me](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/it_s-me/32/12660_2.png) [@It\_s-Me](https://community.cartalk.com/u/It_s-Me)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2023, 9:32pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/one-of-the-car-dome-light-doesn-t-work-with-doors-or-if-i-turn-the-lights-on-but-it-works-if-i-try-to-turn-it-on-separately/192960/12 "2023-09-21T21:32:27Z")
> [@George\_San\_Jose1](#): > > mood light, left map light, right map light. This is ALL one light fixture. there are 3 ways to turn on each bulb. 2 of those ways fail to turn on the righthand bulb. Either the dash switch and the door switch went bad at the same time, or the switch in the light went bad. I’m voting on the switch in the light. ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2023, 9:40pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/one-of-the-car-dome-light-doesn-t-work-with-doors-or-if-i-turn-the-lights-on-but-it-works-if-i-try-to-turn-it-on-separately/192960/13 "2023-09-21T21:40:57Z")
Isn’t the mood light the LED at the top of the “overhead console” block on the diagram? It looks like the NEG terminal on that LED is directly connected to ground. How could a a faulty map-light switch affect it? ---
**Author:** ![Nevada\_545](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/nevada_545/32/41232_2.png) [@Nevada\_545](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Nevada_545)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2023, 6:42am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/one-of-the-car-dome-light-doesn-t-work-with-doors-or-if-i-turn-the-lights-on-but-it-works-if-i-try-to-turn-it-on-separately/192960/14 "2023-09-22T06:42:48Z")
The ignition must be on for the mood light to illuminate, I suspect the ignition was off when the picture was taken. ---
**Author:** ![jim\_192776](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bc79bd/32.png) [@jim\_192776](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jim_192776)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2025, 8:31pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/one-of-the-car-dome-light-doesn-t-work-with-doors-or-if-i-turn-the-lights-on-but-it-works-if-i-try-to-turn-it-on-separately/192960/15 "2025-02-08T20:31:13Z")
I know this is an old post but perhaps this will still help someone out there. The problem here is most likely a bad diode in the map light module. You can fix it if you know how diodes work and you can solder. I found this video very helpful: [https://youtu.be/FucJ\_25IkqM?si=9nRWi9s7Y7oDKd5U](https://youtu.be/FucJ_25IkqM?si=9nRWi9s7Y7oDKd5U).