IgorE350

Hi all. I got 1996 S320 was changing a bulb in the rear of the car on the sides of the cabin and i blew out the fuse in the trunk. few things stopped working like lights at the bottom of the doors, trunk soft close didnt work. After i replaced a fuse, everything works but the rear side cabin lights. the one on the middle of the ceiling works. Any idea why wouldnt they work? Thanks

IgorE350

Problem solved, i was trying to put led bulbs in there. for some reason led bulbs dont work there,conta ctwires just melt and burn, weird!!! So i just put regular bulbs in, everything works fine now

pncurtis

LED lamps require a resister inline in order for them to work properly in an incandescent socket. Unfortunately, I don't recall the amount of resistance required but I am sure someone on here will know the answer. As I recall, it wasn't very high but don't want to misguide you either.

IgorE350

I did my instrument cluster, installed led blue bulbs, it is beautiful!!!! so i had few more bulbs left. thats why i went ahead and did the cabin lights, didnt really know that it wouldnt work burned about 3 bulbs and fuse, so i didnt want to mess something up just put regular bulbs in.
But your info is very helpful maybe if i figure out what resistor i need and how to do it i might do it. Thanks