What did you do to/with your 996 today?

[gnat]

The engine bay, glove compartment, and frunk lights are all wired together. When one is on they all are on. They are controlled from the alarm module.
They are on the same fuse as all the other interior lights.

Wow, that's great info! Thanks.

I copied your post into a new DIY thread so it will hopefully have better visibility in the future.

[5chn3ll]

[OceanBlue2000]

I don't have schematics for the NA 996, so these notes are from a Turbo. I believe they should be correct IF your car has electric frunk & engine bay unlocking. If you have the pull handles, I don't know.

The engine bay, glove compartment, and frunk lights are all wired together. When one is on they all are on. They are controlled from the alarm module.
They are on the same fuse as all the other interior lights.

What does this mean?
If any interior lights work the fuse is OK.
If you open the engine bay and the engine bay light comes on check to see if the frunk light is on, too. It should be. If it's not check the wiring to the light bulb.
Latch the engine bay with the lid open (use a screwdriver to close the latch). This makes the alarm think the lid is closed. Now open the frunk and see if the engine bay light is lit. If it's not lit the problem is in the frunk latch switch. Remember to pop the engine bay before you try to close the cover!

If anyone has NA schematics you could send them to me and I'll review them.
--
Aaron

So my extremely boring mystery continues. I replaced the frunk light bulb with a new one, and the light still does not work. I suspected this after the old bulb came out with the filament looking good, but bulbs are cheap.

So being kind of a completist, what's my next step? It doesn't seem to have its own fuse, so I'm pretty sure that's not the issue. The switch to turn it on is in the latching system, correct? Do these wear out?

The most likely issue is that the PO disabled the light because it was causing the battery to run down, but what's the hack? Snipping wires?

Wow, thanks for the info! No, its a 200 and the handles are analog. Looking back, the post I saw was from the 997 forum which I must assume is an electic frunk switch, and totally different. So, its back to the microswitch on the frunk switch, but first I have to see if the engine light goes on. I don't see in the fuse diagram a fuse for those lights, but I can look again.

[OceanBlue2000]

You know that light just pops out of the carpet....right? A long while ago I replaced a lot of the light bulbs with LED bulbs. Pop them into the light socket..easy peasy. But wait, plug it into the socket and it doesn't work. Cheap China crap! Actually, not so. LED bulbs are polarity sensitive. Swap the bulb around in the light socket and it works. I like that bright little LED bulb in the frunk.

And if you have a multimeter, check for 12V and ground on the bulb clips.

Oh yeah, that was my first stab at it. Light bulb filament looked good but I changed it anyway with non-LED and no dice. I can put the multimeter on it, but its not getting any juice.

[FRUNKenstein]

Oh yeah, that was my first stab at it. Light bulb filament looked good but I changed it anyway with non-LED and no dice. I can put the multimeter on it, but its not getting any juice.

OB2000 puttin' the multimeter on that defective, juice-less socket:

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[gnat]

Oh yeah, that was my first stab at it. Light bulb filament looked good but I changed it anyway with non-LED and no dice. I can put the multimeter on it, but its not getting any juice.

OB2000 puttin' the multimeter on that defective, juice-less socket:


Shocking.gif

Nah, that's more likely to be me. I'm the guy that doesn't disconnect the battery before screwing with airbags or amplifiers and tends not to throw the breaker in the house before rewiring a socket.

[FRUNKenstein]

OB2000 puttin' the multimeter on that defective, juice-less socket:


Shocking.gif

Nah, that's more likely to be me. I'm the guy that doesn't disconnect the battery before screwing with airbags or amplifiers and tends not to throw the breaker in the house before rewiring a socket or printing out a life-sized Halle Barry on my 3D printer.

FIFY

[gnat]

Nah, that's more likely to be me. I'm the guy that doesn't disconnect the battery before screwing with airbags or amplifiers and tends not to throw the breaker in the house before rewiring a socket or printing out a life-sized Halle Barry on my 3D printer.

FIFY

Well I did just order a printer capable of much finer detail...

[5chn3ll]

Years ago, I was swapping a bad GFCI patio outlet...live, of course. While I was unboxing the new one, Mrs. S walked past the disassembled outlet wearing shorts and shocked the crap out of herself.

Oddly, she did not find this amusing.

Nah, that's more likely to be me. I'm the guy that doesn't disconnect the battery before screwing with airbags or amplifiers and tends not to throw the breaker in the house before rewiring a socket.

[gnat]

Years ago, I was swapping a bad GFCI patio outlet...live, of course. While I was unboxing the new one, Mrs. S walked past the disassembled outlet wearing shorts and shocked the crap out of herself.

Oddly, she did not find this amusing.

Nah, that's more likely to be me. I'm the guy that doesn't disconnect the battery before screwing with airbags or amplifiers and tends not to throw the breaker in the house before rewiring a socket.

Heh. We lived a bit rural while I was a teen and had horses complete with electric fence.

Story 1: We were replacing the single wire fence around the pasture with 3 board oak fence with wire mesh. The previous day my dad's friend had finished the day by hooking the single wire electric fence to the not supposed to be electric wire mesh. I got quite the surprise when I cut through the pasture and went to climb the fence...

Story 2: Had my girlfriend and one of her friends over. Friend was not around and I convince my girlfriend that the fence was off and got her to grab it. She claimed it wasn't funny, but then proceeded to help convince her friend to grab the fence too