Re: 2000 Sienna Dome Light Flicker

On May 7, 7:41 pm, "badgolferman" <REMOVETHISbadgolfer...@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Ken, 5/7/2008,5:50:36 PM, wrote:
Alright, I see another post in this group from years ago that says
this is normal. Anyway, I have a 2000 Sienna and just recently
replaced the battery. All appeared well, but at night, I noticed that
the dome lights and Instrument panel had a slight flicker. Kind of
like something was turning on and off and drawing the voltage down
(however a digital voltmeter shows the variation to only be .3 volts
or so worse case). This only happens when the car is running and
really is only visible at night. Looking at the battery terminals they
were pretty cruddy from acid so I replaced them. That seemed to make
the instrument panel flicker almost disappear, but you still see it in
the dome lights. Battery is being charged fine if I check the specific
gravity. The only thing I notice is after starting the car, the
voltage is in the 13.8 range, but after driving a short time, it works
its way up to about 14.4. So far as I can see everything seems to be
working as expected. Its just that I have never seen a constant
flicker like this before. Kind of makes me wonder if there is a slight
AC component in there.

Anyway, am I just chasing my tail and should I just let it go or is
there something going on here?

Thanks,
Ken

Did you try replacing the bulb? It may be the defective part and
wouldn't cost much to eliminate.

Notice that I said lights and the dashboard lights. Seems to be
everywhere, but most noticeable on the dome lights.
.

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