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None of interior lights do not come on when I open the door.

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Does your dome light turn on manually? If not you may need a bulb. If the light works manually, be sure it is set for using the door switch. All that said, the door switch often fails because it has a bad grounding to the door post. Try improving the switches mounting. If you can remove the wire from the switch and touch it to a good ground and the lite works......youi need a new switch

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