Trunk Light?

[Henry A Harper III]

On Friday, May 03, 2002 11:24 AM, Darek Jarski
[SMTP:darek_jarski at hotmail.com] wrote:
> I have nonfunctioning trunk light on a 1989 200tq. The trunk switch works
> (and has ground); the bulb is good, the light is getting power. What is
> missing is negative (at the light) when trunk is open.
>
> Could it be something with the security system? (the stock radio has been
> replaced - I know, at least on the '91, if you pull out the radio the
alarm
> goes off, could that have anything to do with it [strange, I know, but
I'm
> out of ideas]).

The switch is in the trunk lid, right? Have you checked the wiring in the
trunk hinge area? These wires and the ones in the door hinges tend to break
after a certain number of flex cycles, leading to all sorts of odd
behaviors.

HTH
Henry Harper
http://www.henry-harper.com  hah at alumni.rice.edu
1991 200 quattro, 115k, both front doors and trunk hinge area wires
replaced
1988 GTI 16v, 226k, no wires in doors