Hello again lads.

A couple days ago all of my interior lights stopped working, including the red lights on the sides of the front doors.

Just checked the #3 fuse and its fine. Checked it for continuity.

About a month ago, I replaced the overhead dome map light assembly as the original was falling apart. The new one was working perfectly. Maybe I'll take it down and look around...

Now, I just made what may be a fortunate discovery. The red courtesy light on the side of the drivers front door has been sorta hanging loosely (but working) for years. I thought I'd fiddle with it for a couple seconds but the entire fixture came out with no wires attached. They had rusted completely off the plug.

So my question is: Does this unconnected light fixture defeat the entire Interior Courtesy Lights circuit?

If not, then where might I look to troubleshoot the issue?

Thanks!

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Did you lose central locking too?

You must repair those wires in the door they may have popped the fuse
either F3 or F15 (there's 2 fuses for courtesy lights)

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Thanks guys, for replying. I received notice of your responses just now, almost a month later.

I fished the broken wires out of the door and re-soldered them to the plug.

Replaced the blown #15 fuse, so all is well.

Thanks!

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There is a relay up under the dash for those lights.
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Keeping it running is better than buying new

An unconnected light should not kill all the others - if that were the case, a bulb failure would do the same - a real bugger to find the bad bulb.

Have you tried all the switches that would turn these lights on?

Do any of them work?

I was told by an old Volvo mechanic (He did not call himself a technician) that Volvo's switches were a weak link in some of their systems.