TL: Cabin light doesn't turn on when driver's door is opened

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Old Jan 29, 2010 | 07:49 AM
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Cabin light doesn't turn on when driver's door is opened

I was installing LEDs in my car and the driver's light just doesn't turn on when the door is opened. The cabin light doesn't turn on either. All 3 other doors work is able to turn on the cabin light.

Does anyone know what could be a broken? A fuse or the harness? The little black switch thing? I noticed it was broken a long time ago, I thought it was a burnt bulb but it wasn't.

Btw, does anyone know how to make LEDs less bright? These LEDs that I bought from V-LEDs are too bright, especially the cabin light. They look good though.
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Old Jan 29, 2010 | 12:05 PM
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Try flipping the bulbs around, they're polarized and are probably in backwards

As for being too bright, there's some things you can do, but you're kind of defeating the purpose
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Old Jan 29, 2010 | 04:04 PM
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I did flip the LED bulb around and it didn't work. I have used a working non-LED bulb and the same thing happened.
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Old Feb 23, 2010 | 02:08 AM
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did you check to see if the fuse for the light is blown?

sometimes that can happen...it happened with the legend i had
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Old Feb 23, 2010 | 03:52 AM
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If it works on all the other doors than it the little black switch thing as you call it,

does the light go on when you put it on the on position?
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