So my rear cargo dome light blew out. I remove the toggle lens & take out the burnt out bulb. Go get a LED (Sylvania #578) replacement at AutoZone. Install it & it toggles on & off however it doesn’t illuminate upon entry the way it supposed to & always has.
Prior to this problem if the rear cargo doors or the side slider door were opened the 2 cargo dome lights would light up for approximately 20-30 seconds. If the rear or side door are opened & left opened both cargo dome lights would stay on for approximately 3 minutes before going off automatically. So I take it to the local stealership & run it past them handing the guy the burnt out bulb. Parts guy attempts to look it up & can’t find the replacement part number for the incandescent bulb. He calls Chrysler & tells me they don’t have or carry replacement bulbs that I would need to order the entire light housing!
Flabbergasted, I tell him I don’t need the housing I need the bulb. He looks up my VIN & tells me it’s covered under warranty. I tell him I put a headliner in & it would be much easier to just replace the freakin bulb. He says no replacement bulb exists for my application. Finally I tell him to order the housing & in the meantime I will try to track down a bulb elsewhere.
When I got home I decide to swap out the good slider door cargo light bulb with the burnt out rear to see what happens. Same as the LED I got from AutoZone with the toggle on/off working but no illuminated entry lighting upon opening of the side& rear cargo doors. Now get this, when I placed the good OEM bulb back in the side/slider door it no longer illuminates upon entry of the rear or side/slider doors! Now I have 2 cargo dome lights that don’t turn on when opening the rear or side/slider doors. Any ideas?
