8SEC6SPD

is it operator error ? lol! got home from picking up the little guy, took him out of his seat, and the two lights on the rear view were not off. i checked, the buttons are off for the courtesy lights.

it is an 05, if it matters.

thanks
taner

CyberBullet

Are the floor lights on too? Check the **** on the dash by your left knee. You would not be the first one to accidentally turn it on.

jrose7004

Every C6 owner has that problem at least once.

billyboy47

GUILTY!

TerryL

The problem is that you can unknowingly touch that button with your knee which turns them on and to further frustrate you, hitting it again doesn't turn them off right away...it takes awhile. Not knowing this causes you to hit the button over and over with the same disappointing results. Press it once and check it in a few minutes.

EVRose

I'd like to see someone who is not a contortionist hit that button with their knee accidentally. I tested it to see if its possible and I couldn't get my knee anywhere near that button.

GASCAR

I have an 2005 as well, sit in the car and shut the door with nothing running. The two buttons on the mirror should be in for off, push the dimmer switch inward at the left side of the wheel. You should see the mirror lights turn off. If they don't push in the buttons again on the mirror and try pushing the dimmer switch in again.
That's should correct your problem.

Vette_DD

No, it doesn't work that way. Pressing the button at your left knee will not immediately turn the lights off. You have to wait until you're out of the car and have given it a few seconds after you've locked the door.

GASCAR

I just did it that way, worked fine for me. I didn't lock the car.

owc6

I've never accidentally hit that switch except when cleaning the dash, but It should time out in ~20 minutes, regardless of which buttons were hit.

dryadsdad

Mine pulled this annoying stunt on the first drive back from the dealer's.

I find all these lights to be enormously bothersome, useless and just one more waste of a battery. I wish none of them existed.

At least I figured the 'button' out myself and then, after the silly long dwell time, they finally did turn off.

FortMorganAl

I can't come within 6 inches of it and, if I did slid forward enough, I'd hit the steering column first. We just don't have long enough legs.


Seriously, I'm thinking the people who can manage to hit it either don't have automatic seat movement to a good exit position or have the seat all the way forward and don't move it back when getting in and out.

09Z06pj

You are correct.

Cherokee Nation

Unless your legs are 7'...

ZR1Cat

Ah, it happened to me at least once.

Rebel Yell

Been there, done that, got the T-shirt. I try to pay attention while cleaning the dash now.

8SEC6SPD

thanks for the responses. funny thing yesterday morning as we were about to head out to the woodward dream cruise, i washed her, and left the keys in the cup holder. go figure the car doors would not open! wtf! fortunately got a new dummy key cut to open the hatch. replaced it with the new battery from the dealer, and called it a day.

priceless!

CMC6

I did it in my C5 and my GS. Must be part of the owners initiation