Q: dome lights not working

asked by on June 15, 2017

Started with a hanging courtesy door light on the driver door, tried to pop it back inside but it easily broke in 2. Disconnected it but while I was doing that, my dome lights flickered for a second then completely turned off. I don't know if it's because I took out the courtesy light or something else happened. Pls help. Btw my interior lights work just fine, it's the dome and door lights that won't turn on.

My car has 53000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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