Dome lights don't work all of a sudden???

Did you Check for blown fuse or bulbs?

 

That’s one hella of lady friend ya got

 

not likely the bulbs, i would check the fuse first

 

The $64 question (or more like $6400, at Toyota's wire harness prices) is, if you check the fuse first and find it blown, what's your next move?

 

That's an answer I see a lot. It's amazing how few people answer "find out why the fuse blew, and be sure not to install another fuse there until whatever that problem was has been fixed." But the ones who give the second answer are the ones thinking ahead.

 

I think the correct answer is to install another fuse. If it doesn't blow, you're set. If it does, then figure out why.

Fuses age, they may have variability in their setting, the system could have had an unusual momentary current, etc. If you replace the fuse, the new one will provide the same protection the first one did, and if there is a fault it will blow as well. Sometimes fuses blow and you never figure out why.

 

It's on the circuit, and my puddle light socket blows the dome fuse very easily when disturbed in any manner.

 

Bulb?

 

Smart People is it possible the taped off wires are having the effect of a pulled fuse? When the mechanic breaks the connector and tapes off the wires the circuit is now open?