courtesy lights
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1st Gear
Joined: Aug 2009
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From: Pasadena Maryland
courtesy lights
After a car show this weekend I had a dead battery. Got the car started and home. After it started it charged back up to 14.1 volts and stayed there while running. It sat in the garage all night and started this morning. Started checking and found that when the rear hatch is left opened (as it was at the show) the interior lights will not go off. With the hatch shut the lights work properly shutting off in about 30 seconds. the under hood light also works properly. It appears the problem is with the hatch. Can I pull fuse #29 in the inside fuse panel to kill the lights at this weekends show if they stay on? Any ideas how to fix this properly?
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Melting Slicks
Joined: Oct 2007
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From: Kinston North Carolina
From '02 manual:
Battery Rundown Protection / Inadvertent Power
The BCM controls the lighting system through circuits that enable both the exterior lamp functions of the park lamps, the head lamps, the fog lamps, and the interior lamps. The BCM opens these enabling circuits 20 minutes after the ignition switch is turned OFF with no lamp switch activity. If the ignition switch is turned to any position other than OFF, or if a lamp switch is activated during this 20 minute period, the timer resets for another 20 minutes.
Battery Rundown Protection / Inadvertent Power
The BCM controls the lighting system through circuits that enable both the exterior lamp functions of the park lamps, the head lamps, the fog lamps, and the interior lamps. The BCM opens these enabling circuits 20 minutes after the ignition switch is turned OFF with no lamp switch activity. If the ignition switch is turned to any position other than OFF, or if a lamp switch is activated during this 20 minute period, the timer resets for another 20 minutes.
