Type 44 Interior Light Modual/Monitor

[Kurt Deschler]

Try tapping directly on the bulb monitor you mentioned when the
lights go out. The module can get bad solder joints that cause that dash
lights to go out. IMO, all modules and relays should be opened and
checked for bad solder.

	Kurt
	87 5kcstq
	00 s4
	88 vw gti 16v

> Has anyone had a problem with your interior lights going out? My lights will
> go out on the instrument cluster, or the center console, or both. Sometimes
> the center console will stay on while the instrument cluster is out or sometime
> the other way around. There is an interior light monitor that is located under
> the dash, above the glove compartment. It acts as a common ground for a bunch
> of things that contribute to the interior light staying on of off. One trick
> I found via Intended Acceleration's web site was to check if the rear license
> plate bulbs are in working order. The wiring diagram proves this due to the
> rear license plate bulbs do indeed track back to this interior bulb monitor at
> the glove box. This is for my 87' 5000cs TQ. I haven't checked my wiring
> diagrams for the Type 44 100/200's so I don't know if they are different due to the
> dash board/instrument cluster change starting in 1989. Is there a way to
> eliminate the need for this interior bulb monitor? I have had this problem before,
> and I would check the rear plate bulbs only to find that the are working as
> advertised. Then the problem wouldn't return for a long time (almost a year).
> Since I spend a lot of time in my car driving from NJ to Washington, DC for work
> (2 1/2 hours one way) and I drive mostly at night, seeing my gauges might be
> a good idea. :)
>
> Ciao,
>
> Jim