Long time listener, first time caller here - '08 GX470.

The other day, I replaced my interior lights with LEDs and everything was fine and dandy, except the driver's side map light. When switched to the door position, it doesn't turn on and when manually turned on, I need to click it several times for it to "light". It does get power when you manually click it, but not right away (takes several clicks).

Checked the fuse (not broken, and all other lights in the interior work) in the engine bay, swapped the bulbs around to the passenger side (worked fine on pass. side), and even cleaned the connection where the bulb makes the connection.

Any other ideas before I start tearing it apart to find a break in wiring?

 

Hello,

Those older models had an issue with new LED lights as they draw a lot less than regular incandescent bulbs, which resulted strange behavior at best, and fried Body ECU at worst. There are LED bulbs out there designed with higher resistance, but I wouldn't dare my luck frankly..

Hope this helps and best of luck!

 

Did mine…no issues. Maybe a bent contact point, not tight enough?