Funny (to us) story. The lights in our basement didn't work, or so we thought. We looked for fuses and replaced bulbs. Still no lights so we made a point not to need anything after dark. This went on for more than six months before we mentioned it to someone. They said "Is your master switch turned on?" We said "What master switch?" Come to find out, the switch on our dash board that was labeled Luggage Lights was in the Off position. Once we toggled it to the On position, we had basement lights! Do you possibly also have a master switch for the basement lights that is turned off? We had no idea we had a master light switch or that Luggage Lights meant basement lights. We also now have spare bulbs.