Weird Problem with interior dome light

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Hello everyone
I have weird problem with interior dome light on my Expedition 2010 they are working only with door openings and by dimmer switch and not working when I press manually by their switch for all of them the only way to get them on either by door openings or dimmer switch BTW they are LEDs and they are working properly till rear right passenger stopped working I tried to replace it but it seems that there is no power coming to the light socket anyone face the same issue ?
Is it linked with LEDs?
Thank you in advance.
 
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Thank you very much guys .I have replaced mentioned blows fuse so problem solved and still there is one more problem it seems that the rear dome light malfunction in both driver and passenger side one of them not working at all and other one not working properly .
Thank you very much again .
 

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Thank you very much guys .I have replaced mentioned blows fuse so problem solved and still there is one more problem it seems that the rear dome light malfunction in both driver and passenger side one of them not working at all and other one not working properly .
Thank you very much again .

If the fuse is ok now and some of them still malfunction but the rest work ok, your LED bulbs might have a bad connection (not fully inserted) or they are reverse polarity (need to flip the bulbs around in the plug).

Failing that, it could be a disconnected (partially or fully) plug in the dome housing. It is possible you accidentally knocked it loose when inserting the new bulbs.

Some LED bulbs are made super cheap, by the way. It's possible they have failed very prematurely, I had that happen with eBay specials myself. Insert a regular bulb in there and re-test before the next step.

Finally, if all else fails, it might be a wiring problem, such as a burnt or cut wire under the head liner. Highly unlikely, but possible... especially if you have water infiltration or had work done to the sunroof, etc.
 
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If the fuse is ok now and some of them still malfunction but the rest work ok, your LED bulbs might have a bad connection (not fully inserted) or they are reverse polarity (need to flip the bulbs around in the plug).

Failing that, it could be a disconnected (partially or fully) plug in the dome housing. It is possible you accidentally knocked it loose when inserting the new bulbs.

Some LED bulbs are made super cheap, by the way. It's possible they have failed very prematurely, I had that happen with eBay specials myself. Insert a regular bulb in there and re-test before the next step.

Finally, if all else fails, it might be a wiring problem, such as a burnt or cut wire under the head liner. Highly unlikely, but possible... especially if you have water infiltration or had work done to the sunroof, etc.
Thank you very much
I use below LED
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01DE7UC6C/ref=ppx_od_dt_b_asin_title_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07FNH8XZK/ref=ppx_od_dt_b_asin_title_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I don't know it's switch assembly or some wiring issue because I tried same bulb with dome light ON it give a little flash then it's not working even tried rotating the bulb for polarity but no change I thought the bulb gone but I checked same bulb in the driver side and it works so I decide to take complete switch assembly to passenger side then it's works. Now I'm going to replace switch assembly and will see what is next other thing I noticed with working switch sometime same switch will make all dome flash at same time .
 

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Thank you very much
I use below LED
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01DE7UC6C/ref=ppx_od_dt_b_asin_title_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07FNH8XZK/ref=ppx_od_dt_b_asin_title_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I don't know it's switch assembly or some wiring issue because I tried same bulb with dome light ON it give a little flash then it's not working even tried rotating the bulb for polarity but no change I thought the bulb gone but I checked same bulb in the driver side and it works so I decide to take complete switch assembly to passenger side then it's works. Now I'm going to replace switch assembly and will see what is next other thing I noticed with working switch sometime same switch will make all dome flash at same time .


You are doing this properly. Remember : just like solving any logical problem in life, doing mechanical work relies on the process of elimination. Once you eliminate the most likely culprits (bad fuse or bad bulb), you need to work your way backwards to the power source in order to test all components and find what's wrong.

I would do a continuity test on the wiring myself to make sure it isn't cut or burnt somewhere. If it is, just run new wires. The dome/courtesy lights have two separate circuits: one that is for the lights control by the dimmer switch on the dash, one which is for manual control of each light.

There's also a accessory timeout relay in the fuse box, which as far as I understand it, will turn off all power to lights, radio, etc. after the engine is off for about 5 minutes.
 

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