Does anyone know where the rear cargo light switch is located, I can't find it?

 

in the area of the latch in the hatch

 

Cool I'll look for it thanks

 

Took the trim aroud the window off still couldn't find the switch.

 

if your talking about it not lighting up when you open it, check the rear dome light. My button didnt work it was all loose (its there to turn the light off when the hatch is open) and i hooked up a small toggle switch in there and everything was fixed. Maybe this might help?

 

Thanks,but I'm trying to find out why my dome light wont shut of and I already checked the door switches, now I need to check the hatch or cargo switch.

 

To turn the light in the cargo area on and off, which also affects the dome light, the light itself is the switch, I just push it to turn it on and off.

 

the pull for the headlights also controls the dome light
turn it one way or another usually the way you turn it to dim your dash turns off the dome light

 

Isn't there a plunger type switch for the rear hatch to activate the lights when it's open, like the door switches?

 

ill go check

 

If you click the rear hatch light on than it and the dome light will come on when either the doors or hatch is open. If you click the rear light switch off then the hatch light will not turn on when the rear hatch opens or the doors open

 

if the headlight switch or the actual dome light in the back won't turn it off its in the handle/latch in the lid

 

There's not a plunger switch like the rest of the doors, that reads when the hatch is open/closed. On all 97+ XJ's, the light itself is the on/off switch. Open your hatch, and literally push your light as if it's a button (it actually is). If your light was off, this action will turn it on. Do it again, and it turns off. If you turn it on and leave it on, when you close the hatch, it'll turn off just like an ordinary plunger activated light does.

The sensor is the same one that activates the red light in your gauge cluster that tells you your hatch is open when your ignition is either on acc or run. If it's the sensor that's bad, you need to replace the handle and locking mechanism in your hatch.

 

LOL. That is exactly what I've been trying to say!!!!

 

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