Avensis Interior Light

February 24, 2004

Can anyone help? My year 2000 Avensis GS D4D had a dud bulb in the interior light when I bought it this month. I replaced it and it lasted two days! Now I can't get it to work at all. When I tried a replacement today I blew a fuse (number 5 - I think it was) and lost the audio/sat nav set.

I can't weigh it up, when I put a meter on the feed to the light it shows 13V but I still can't get the bulb to light up from the door or the local switch.

Any ideas?

I SOLVED THIS, BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW. AFTER TAKING THE FITTING OUT (AGAIN) AND PUTTING IT BACK IT NOW WORKS!!! ON MANUAL AND ON THE DOOR SWITCH - HURRAY

Edited March 2, 2004 by WalterWindbag

February 25, 2004

I can't weigh it up, when I put a meter on the feed to the light it shows 13V but I still can't get the bulb to light up from the door or the local switch.
Any ideas?

If you've got juice with the meter and the bulb still doesn't light up then it's dud... :blink:

February 25, 2004

I had this problem too. It turned out to be the dome fuse was dicky it's called, when mine went it knocked out a few bits on the dash including the rev counter and the central locking, replaced that and put a new bulb in (the old bulb blew the fuse) and it's all OK again.

February 25, 2004

For some reason the earlier avensis' seem to go through quite a few bulbs. I have had similar problems. Change the bulb for a good one and you should be fine. I have also slackened the 'spring' holders for the bulb and that seems to have helped the longevity of the bulbs a little.

February 25, 2004

I checked the fuses, they are OK. I've checked all the bulbs I've been playing with - I now have 5!, they're OK too! I've come to the conclusion it's something to do with the control system - does anyone know where the timer is which delays/ramps the switch-off operation? It's the only thing I can think of.