1997 Saturn SC1 Horn and Interior Light Issue on Saturn SC1

TITAN318I

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1997 SATURN SC1
4 CYL
FWD
AUTOMATIC
128,000 MILES

Hello, my girlfriend just purchased a 1997 SC1 which had a couple issues that may be linked. Right now I’ve noticed the following problems:

Horn does not work
Interior light turns on with Passenger door, but not Drivers
Interior/Dash lighting below Radio (Heat, AC, etc) does not light up.

All fuses look good, engine and passenger side, and it is a factory radio, so no odd installs. Searched the forum with no luck, hopefully someone has some advice, thanks!

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SATURNTECH9

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First of all thank you so much for your donation. It look's like we have a few different problem's actually.I would like to fix one issue at a time a lot less confusion for both of us. Do you have a multimeter?You will need one to trace the problem's down.

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Thursday, September 23rd, 2010 AT 1:38 PM

TITAN318I

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Unfortunately no multi-meter, but I do believe the dome light situation is just due to a stuck plunger. Main concern is why the heating/ac unit is not lighting up

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Thursday, September 23rd, 2010 AT 1:56 PM

SATURNTECH9

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If the door jamb switch is stuck you will need to replace it. You will need a multimeter to diagnose the heating/ac unit is not lighting up is it only that not lighting up?I have seen a bad ground cause that. Or it could be just a bulb but without a multimeter it's hard to tell. Your horn could just be a bad horn but again without the meter it's hard to say.

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Thursday, September 23rd, 2010 AT 2:22 PM

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