When opened, the front passenger door on my ‘98 VPlas will not activate ANY of the interior lights or courtesy light. All other doors are working fine. I looked for a fuse, but none are clearly for that purpose, that I can see….
Anyone ever had this issue?
many thanks in advance!

 

Dirty switch on the passenger door -- WD 40 and exercise it

 

Thank you Jim, but I don’t see a “switch”…is it built into the latch?

 

It is inside the locking assemblty itself.

 

By that, are we talking about the actuator, or is there another part in there I need to either repair or replace…many thanks

 

Is this what I need to replace?

 

…or this..

 

The latter one. Not the door module.

 

Thank you

 

I hope you got this sorted out. Several months ago I had the latch in the driver’s door replaced because the microswitch was bad, causing a battery drain. I had a warranty replacement battery after the previous new battery failed. I am embarrassed to say I did not look to see if the rear reading lights were left on from the failing microswitch, which could have been where the current was going. Latch replaced with a remanned unit as new is NLA, but the problem promptly resolved.

 

Thank you so much.