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Old Feb 22, 2012 | 02:01 AM
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Default my doom lights stay on
my light stay n it kills my bat. i had to take the bulbs out. can anyone help.
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Old Feb 22, 2012 | 02:12 AM
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means your doomed....

did you mean the dome light?
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Old Feb 22, 2012 | 02:17 AM
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I was thinking he just gave the dummy lights a new name...doom lights, kinda catchy.
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mine did the same, I just ended up doing what you did
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Old Feb 22, 2012 | 03:29 AM
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Slam the hatch make sure its closed
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Old Feb 22, 2012 | 07:27 AM
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means your doomed....

did you mean the dome light?


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Old Feb 22, 2012 | 09:33 AM
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Make sure your dimmer isn't on all the way up. Open and close your door couple times
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Yes I meant dome lights lol. Stupid autocorrect.
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Yeah the switch is all the way down. My hatch closes fine. Idk. The radio is aftermarket and I notice they clip the wiring instead of buying the radio kit. Idk.
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Maybe something shorting out in there. When did it start? After how long? All of a sudden?
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check the bulb itself , is it one of those aftermarket led bulbs?
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I have the LED bulbs and haven't had problems.
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I have the LED bulbs and haven't had problems.
i bought some on ebay once ( cheap *** ones) they would stay half on after the car being off, got some different ones and never had that issue
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Old Feb 23, 2012 | 02:34 AM
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i just bought the car like that 2 weeks ago. but when i put the bulb on they staid on. i dont like doing stuff half ways.
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i bought some on ebay once ( cheap *** ones) they would stay half on after the car being off, got some different ones and never had that issue
I have those eBay ones. I'm probably one of the lucky ones.
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Are you in Compton? I'll check it out if you want.
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Yeah it may be because of cheap bulbs .. Mine did that too and I swapped em out and fixed it
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Old Feb 23, 2012 | 05:16 PM
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Yeah manny. Hit me up bro 310 678 1073.
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