interior lights wont go off
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No its not. The lights should fade out quickly when you lock the car and they shouldn't be stuck on while driving.
blazier19, since you already re-closed the doors & hatch (usually the problem is the hatch) and made sure the dimmer wheel isn't all the way up, then the problem could be a door switch. They are located in/on the latch (unlike older cars that had a visible plunger switch in the jamb). One of the door switches may need to be cleaned/adjusted/replaced. After the lights go out, open a door. If the lights come back on, that door isn't the problem. Close the door and wait for the lights to go out. The repeat the test for the other door and again for the hatch.
Before going through all that trouble, how many times does the horn honk when you lock the car? If it honks once, then it probably is an issue with a door switch. If it honks twice, then its not a problem with a door switch since the alarm checks that the doors and hatch are closed. 2 Honk = everything closed. 1 Honk means something open (usually the hatch).
I'd start with the hatch and driver's side door since they are the most-likely culprits.
blazier19, since you already re-closed the doors & hatch (usually the problem is the hatch) and made sure the dimmer wheel isn't all the way up, then the problem could be a door switch. They are located in/on the latch (unlike older cars that had a visible plunger switch in the jamb). One of the door switches may need to be cleaned/adjusted/replaced. After the lights go out, open a door. If the lights come back on, that door isn't the problem. Close the door and wait for the lights to go out. The repeat the test for the other door and again for the hatch.
Before going through all that trouble, how many times does the horn honk when you lock the car? If it honks once, then it probably is an issue with a door switch. If it honks twice, then its not a problem with a door switch since the alarm checks that the doors and hatch are closed. 2 Honk = everything closed. 1 Honk means something open (usually the hatch).
I'd start with the hatch and driver's side door since they are the most-likely culprits.
Last edited by VIP1; Dec 2, 2011 at 10:08 AM.
Sorry guys. I misread the "but not" in the post.
+1 on a door switch. The hatch is usually easy to isolate because we have the hatch ajar light on the dash. The driver door is easy because we get the door ajar chime when the key is in the ignition and the car is not started.
+1 on a door switch. The hatch is usually easy to isolate because we have the hatch ajar light on the dash. The driver door is easy because we get the door ajar chime when the key is in the ignition and the car is not started.
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No its not. The lights should fade out quickly when you lock the car and they shouldn't be stuck on while driving.
blazier19, since you already re-closed the doors & hatch (usually the problem is the hatch) and made sure the dimmer wheel isn't all the way up, then the problem could be a door switch. They are located in/on the latch (unlike older cars that had a visible plunger switch in the jamb). One of the door switches may need to be cleaned/adjusted/replaced. After the lights go out, open a door. If the lights come back on, that door isn't the problem. Close the door and wait for the lights to go out. The repeat the test for the other door and again for the hatch.
Before going through all that trouble, how many times does the horn honk when you lock the car? If it honks once, then it probably is an issue with a door switch. If it honks twice, then its not a problem with a door switch since the alarm checks that the doors and hatch are closed. 2 Honk = everything closed. 1 Honk means something open (usually the hatch).
I'd start with the hatch and driver's side door since they are the most-likely culprits.
blazier19, since you already re-closed the doors & hatch (usually the problem is the hatch) and made sure the dimmer wheel isn't all the way up, then the problem could be a door switch. They are located in/on the latch (unlike older cars that had a visible plunger switch in the jamb). One of the door switches may need to be cleaned/adjusted/replaced. After the lights go out, open a door. If the lights come back on, that door isn't the problem. Close the door and wait for the lights to go out. The repeat the test for the other door and again for the hatch.
Before going through all that trouble, how many times does the horn honk when you lock the car? If it honks once, then it probably is an issue with a door switch. If it honks twice, then its not a problem with a door switch since the alarm checks that the doors and hatch are closed. 2 Honk = everything closed. 1 Honk means something open (usually the hatch).
I'd start with the hatch and driver's side door since they are the most-likely culprits.
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interior lights wont go off Looked out of house window in the morning, courtesy lights were on. Waited about 10 minutes they were off. An hour later they were on. Went out to check. Sat in car, lights would not go off. Pulled fuse #8, lights went off. Door lock would not work. Put fuse back in, door lock works but light stayed on past timer limits. This may eliminate the timer since both lights & door locks are timed. 30 minutes later lights were still on. 15 minutes later they were off. They come on by themselves and go off whenever they want, even out of the timer operating time limits. Most probable cause was a hard rain shorting the left door switch to ground itself, making the car think the door was open. After it dried out, there were no more problems.
