Miata Mailing List: October 1994, Message #55
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   From: "Jyri J. Virkki" 
Subject: Re: wiring error
   Date: Tue, 4 Oct 1994 14:11:16 -0400

Once upon a time Mark E. Booth said:
> 
> >I noticed yesterday that there's a MISTAKE IN MY MIATA!!! It's a '93,
> >and what I found is this: If I open my door, the ring around the cigarette
> >lighter glows a nice green color. When I close the door, the glow goes
> >away. BUT, when I turn on the headlights, while all the panel lights
> >turn on correctly, the ring DOESN'T GLOW! MISTAKE!
> 
> I suspect that the the factory may have accidently mixed up one of the
> wires that would normally go to your courtesy (under dash) light with the
> wire that should go to your cigarette lighter.   With the keys out of the
> ignition, open your door and see if the under the dash light (driver's
> side) works properly.  If not, that is the problem.  You will need to
> figure out which wire it is and switch 'em back.

Remembering that post as I was getting into the car this morning, I
checked its behavior and it is the same.  Light when door open, not
when headlights on.  So it seems to be the intended operation.  Mine
is a '93 too.  Maybe other years behave differently.

BTW, actually... I don't think there was any illumination at all on
the cig. lighter.  It very much seemed like it was simply the "knee
light" that was illumninating the green plastic circle from the
inside, thus the glow.  Hmm, should've turned off the knee light to
verify it.

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